Developing countries need over $4 trillion each year to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Strategic use of development finance is key to boosting sustainable infrastructure investment.
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If you haven't had the chance to read our latest SOUTHMOD at 10 magazine, here are 4 figures that will tell you everything you need to know about the impact SOUTHMOD had this past decade 👇
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🌍 Join the K4DD online discussion on 𝗔𝗶𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁-𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘀 featuring UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist!
🗓️ 16 June, 2026
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Tax data can do more than track revenue—it can shape better policy. In South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia, governments are using administrative tax data to uncover compliance gaps, redesign incentives, and inform budgets.
The data already exists. The key is using it.
Read more: go.unu.edu/cO4d1
🎉Celebrating 10 years of SOUTHMOD 🎉
To celebrate this milestone, we are excited to launch a special anniversary magazine.
✨ Discover insights, stories, and achievements
✨ Learn how SOUTHMOD influenced policy analysis
✨ Explore the people and partnerships behind the models
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📬 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄!
Explore the latest blogs, new working papers on climate and poverty, female entrepreneurship, South Africa's electricity crisis, and much more.
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲:🔗 go.unu.edu/VQC2p
Does getting into university guarantee upward mobility?
New #SATIED research shows that in South Africa, whether a degree translates into social mobility depends just as much on who graduates on time and into which qualifications.
Learn more: go.unu.edu/LEoWE
What happens to poverty numbers when we use a credible upper-bound poverty line instead of extreme or national poverty lines?
Read our latest blog, '𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳 – 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦,' to find out more: go.unu.edu/zYKfp
UNU-WIDER and @ifpri.org have launched Engines of Growth in Fragile Contexts, a research partnership exploring the jobs, skills, institutions, and collective action that sustain local “islands of resilience”.
💻 Watch here: go.unu.edu/DRQEy
📢SA-TIED research featured in BusinessDay.
A new BusinessDay feature drawing on SA-TIED research examines the combination of macroeconomic pressures and spending dynamics that have kept the debt trajectory off course.
Read more: go.unu.edu/CVWEi
