Decent work and economic growth: Achieving SDG 8

UNU-WIDER is excited to launch our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on SDG 8! This 6-week course provides an in-depth look at new UNU-WIDER research on structural transformation, the developer's dilemma, and transforming informal work and livelihoods, including findings on the effects of COVID-19.

Learn from distinguished researchers and practitioners in the field of development economics and policy. Course leaders Kunal Sen, UNU-WIDER Director and professor of development economics, University of Manchester, and Martha Chen, Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Co-Founder and Board Member, WIEGO, Chair of BRAC Global Board, and Chair of the WIDER Board, are joined by guest lecturers Andy Sumner, Gary S. Fields, and Mike Rogan, who together bring decades of experience and have contributed to groundbreaking research.