During his visit to South Africa’s National Treasury Secure Data Facility, @ununiversity.bsky.social Rector Tshilidzi Marwala met colleagues from #SATIED to see how the programme transforms administrative data into research insights that inform economic policymaking.

More: go.unu.edu/plOLR

🎓 Meet our Visiting PhD Fellow, Laura Contreras Portela!

She studies how lower taxes & tariffs in Colombia’s industrial parks affect jobs & wages — boosting productivity but risking informality.

Meet our visitors 👉 go.unu.edu/8maz3

Have you checked out Poor Protection yet? 📚

Here are 3 key insights you don’t want to miss 👇
1️⃣ Minimal automatic protection in LMICs
2️⃣ Millions left unprotected
3️⃣ Scalable systems needed for the next crisis

Access the book here 🔗 go.unu.edu/nSjP4

Last week was a whirlwind in Uganda!

We spent a lot of time at the Uganda Revenue Authority speaking with staff and researchers, discussing the latest developments of their Secure research data lab.

But the highlight was truly the URA Research Day, watch this recap video:

📽️ "Fragility is an issue that affects all of us."

At @fiia.fi event on the crisis in global development, @apvjustino.bsky.social warned that most of the world’s extreme poor live in conflict-affected countries, and cutting aid risks deepening both poverty and instability.

🎥 Meet our Visiting PhD Fellow, Jonathan Msoni! 🎓 PhD student at Stellenbosch University & rsearcher at Zambia Revenue Authority, Jonathan studies taxpayer compliance in Zambia. At UNU-WIDER, he evaluates tax amnesty programs and their effects on compliance. Learn more: go.unu.edu/8maz3