Job Description
In order to improve the understanding of tax-benefit systems and their role in developing countries, and to increase the use of tax-benefit microsimulation models, UNU-WIDER invites proposals from qualified researchers for detailed economic analysis. Submission deadline is 26 February :59 UTC+2.
Background
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), together with the EUROMOD team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI), has launched a major project SOUTHMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development , in which tax-benefit microsimulation models were built for selected developing countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia), and also elsewhere (Ecuador and Vietnam).
Many developing countries are currently building up their social protection systems and the financing of public ...