Global Inequality in Focus: WIDER Development Conference

WIDER Development Conference in partnership with UNIANDES: Reducing inequality – the great challenge of our time

The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2022, 23:59 UTC+3

The WIDER Development Conference organized in partnership with Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES) will take place in Bogotá, Colombia, on 5–7 October 2022. The three-day conference will bring together specialists from around the world to discuss the latest research on inequality in a broad sense, including inequalities that affect individuals or population groups across many dimensions of wellbeing (income, labour market outcomes, education, health, etc.).

The conference will provide a forum to discuss innovative, theoretical, and empirical research and its policy take-aways. It will consist of plenary sessions, two keynote speakers ( Raquel Fernández , New York University, and Chico Ferreira , London School of Economics), and the WIDER Annual Lecture 26 , ...