On Thursday 8 December, the programme includes a special session on ‘Inequality and development’ featuring recent research from UNU-WIDER's WIID and SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development Phase 2 projects.

In light of the evolving situation around COVID-19 globally and travel restrictions implemented by many countries including South Africa, we have decided to postpone the 3rd African ITS Conference to a later date.

The Conference will include invited plenary debates and panel discussions on population and sustainable development issues as well as over 240 scientific sessions featuring the results of recent research from around the globe. Sessions will cover a wide range of topics including international...

Topics: Oil and Gas investments in a low price scenario; Regional Impact of the Unconventional Oil and Gas Revolution; Renewable energy diffusion: Policies and implications; The geopolitics of oil and natural gas; The utilities of the future; Energy supply security; Energy and development:...

IARIW Session on Developments in Income Inequality Across the World

Main Tracks: 1) Infrastructure layer (the “net”) 2) Logical and application layers (the “Internet”) 3) Content layer 4) Internet policy and governance 5) Beyond telecoms: the transformational power of IT) Additional relevant topics are also welcomed.

Empirical or theoretical papers in the following areas are especially welcome: - Measurement of national income and wellbeing - Income distribution - Inequality (of income, wealth, education or opportunities) - Poverty - Socioeconomic mobility - Definition and measurement of the middle class -...

PEP general meetings are international events that gather hundreds of participants – development researchers, practitioners, lead experts and policy stakeholders - from around the world, who travel to learn and share knowledge on the most recent methodologies, concepts and findings in the...

The objective of the conference is to further our understanding, from an empirical and measurement perspective, of developments in the area of income levels, income growth, productivity, poverty, and inequality in Africa. The conference will feature sessions dealing with problems and issues in...

Forum Sessions: - Developments and trends in social security - Demographic challenges - Governance and management - Extension of social security coverage - Focus on Africa - Social Security Summit