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The Global Justice Platform: Distributional Pathways, the Global Justice Fund and the New Democratic International Order, 2026-2100

April 13, 2026 | WID.world

The declining hegemony of existing powers and the emergence of a multipolar world order make the rethinking of global economic governance under climate constraints both

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Cutting hours through outsourcing

April 9, 2026 | WID.world

Over recent decades, rising inequality between firms and the fragmentation of production have reshaped labour markets. One key mechanism is the “fissuring” of firms, where

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Land Inequality in India: Nature, History, and Markets

April 7, 2026 | WID.world

Land is one of the most important productive assets in agrarian societies, yet its distribution remains highly unequal across many parts of the world. Rural

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Extreme Income Inequality in Ecuador – Dollarization, Commodity Price Boom, and Citizen Revolution

April 2, 2026 | WID.world

Despite growing interest in inequality in Latin America, long-term evidence for countries like Ecuador has remained limited, especially when it comes to capturing top incomes.

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Conflicting Claims and Taxation: A Distributive History of 20th Century Peru

March 29, 2026 | WID.world

Over the past century, Peru has experienced sharp distributive shifts shaped by external dependency, political cycles, and changing power relations between labor and capital. Yet

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The Global Democratic Deficit: Undemocratic international institutions favor powerful countries—and shape who pays and who benefits

March 26, 2026 | WID.world

How does the international system actually work in practice? Who holds decision-making power, who finances global public goods, and who ultimately benefits from them? More

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Should Charitable and Political Donations Benefit from Similar Tax Treatments? Evidence from a Survey Experiment

March 24, 2026 | WID.world

In many countries, charitable and political donations benefit from generous, and often similar tax incentives, despite serving very different purposes. While the responsiveness of charitable

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Terms of Trade and North-South Relations: Implications for Foreign Wealth Accumulation and Comparative Development (1962-2025)

March 11, 2026 | WID.world

Since the 1960s, many low- and middle-income countries have remained heavily specialized in primary commodity exports, fueling long-standing debates about deteriorating terms of trade, unequal

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Planetary Habitability, Global Convergence and Structural Transformation, 2026-2100

March 2, 2026 | WID.world

What level of economic prosperity and well-being is compatible with global convergence (equality between countries) and the preservation of planetary habitability? Or, to put it

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