The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the macroeconomic vulnerabilities of low- and middle-income countries. Debt was already high prior to the onset of the pandemic, but now many developing country governments must navigate through record-high public and private debt levels, and rising...

The European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC) Network has been connecting councils and expert panels across Europe for 30 years. This year’s 30th celebration offers an opportunity to reflect on the past years, but more importantly to evaluate critically how we...

The workshop organizers invite researchers to submit empirical papers covering issues in all areas linking banking and institutions. Possible topics include but are not limited to the following: - political economy of banking - financial stability - institutional underpinnings of financial...

We aim to bring together scholars working on comparative, economic, social, global, and other types of history and related social sciences to address various “East-West” historical processes and events as well as comparative and transnational analysis, including at the Baltic region, Europe,...

The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are low-income countries that face severe structural impediments to sustainable development. These countries are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets. To help the LDCs address these specific challenges,...

The workshop organizers invite researchers to submit papers covering issues in all areas linking finance and politics. Topics: Political economy of banking; Electoral cycles and banks’ behavior; Political systems and financial crises; Political connections of firms; Political uncertainty and...

In accordance with the latest UN guidelines we regret to inform the 2020 WIDER Development Conference has been cancelled.

Technology advancements are driving the digitalization of financial markets, and large-scale investment in new emerging technologies are fundamentally changing the operating environment as finance is becoming more data driven. While these innovations in artificial intelligence and big data have...

The conference will focus on issues with direct relevance to the green finance. The program will deal with the following themes: - How the climate change will impact the financial industry - How financial industry can support green financing - The importance of digitalization, fintechs and...

The title of this year’s Conference is “Towards a Sustainable Europe 2030 – From Reflection to Action”. The Conference will focus on many topics relating to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs in Europe and take stock of where Europe stands after four years of...