INVITATION WIDER Seminar Series with Maurizio Bussolo Date: Wednesday 23 January 2019, 14:00-15:00 Venue: Sustainability room, UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki​ You are invited to attend the first WIDER Seminar Series<https://www.wider.unu.edu/wider-seminar-series> event for 2019. On Wednesday 23 January, Maurizio Bussolo, lead economist at the World Bank, will present Towards a new social contract: taking on distributional tensions in Europe and Central Asia.<https://www.wider.unu.edu/event/maurizio-bussolo%C2%A0-taking-dist… Copies of the World Bank report<https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30393> will be available at the event and there will be an opportunity for questions after the presentation. Full details of the event are available here<https://www.wider.unu.edu/event/maurizio-bussolo%C2%A0-taking-distr…ia>. Practical information The seminar will take place from 14:00-15:00 at UNU-WIDER (Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, 00160 Helsinki). No registration is needed, and participation is free of charge, however if you could kindly respond to this email with expected numbers that would be appreciated as space is limited. Please contact Ruby Richardson (richardson@wider.unu.edu<mailto:richardson@wider.unu.edu?subject=WIDER%20Seminar%20Series%20with%20Dragan%20Filipovich>) for more information on practicalities. The series, held in Helsinki, is open to local and visiting researchers, policy makers, and others interested in development topics. WIDER Seminar Series 2019 The weekly event provides a forum for academic debate while also presenting an opportunity for local policy makers and others working in development to learn about the latest research methods and findings. Presentations will be given by invited speakers, UNU-WIDER researchers, visiting scholars, and PhD students. Learn more about the series and see details of upcoming seminars as they are announced here<https://www.wider.unu.edu/wider-seminar-series>es>. Ruby Richardson Communications Team Assistant [cid:21c3abdd-ce8a-48de-9fa1-8417dbc27958] Email <mailto:richardson@wider.unu.edu> I Twitter<https://twitter.com/UNUWIDER> I YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/UNUWIDER> I Flickr<https://www.flickr.com/photos/unu-wider> I LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubyrichardson> I Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UNUWIDER> I Blog<https://www.wider.unu.edu/blog> Website: www.wider.unu.edu<http://www.wider.unu.edu/> United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research Phone number: +358 (0)961599257 Address: Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland Think green - keep it on the screen.