Value proposition

Providing economic analysis and policy advice with the aim of promoting sustainable and equitable development for all.

The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research began operations in 1985 in Helsinki, Finland, as the first research centre of the United Nations University.

Today it is a unique blend of think tank, research institute, and UN agency – providing a range of services from policy advice to governments as well as freely available original research coordinated by a core group of resident and non-resident researchers and undertaken by a global network of collaborators.

International Development, Research, and Economics