On Thursday 8 December, the programme includes a special session on ‘Inequality and development’ featuring recent research from UNU-WIDER's WIID and SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development Phase 2 projects.

This interdisciplinary workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss the post pandemic opportunities in various sectors of developing and emerging economies. As sustainability has become a focus of many industries during the pandemic and it is promoted by supra-governmental organisations as...

The ERF 26th Annual Conference was due to take place in Luxor, Egypt in March but has been postponed until later in the year. The main theme of the plenary sessions will be Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a Framework for MENA’s Development Policy. Global trends are defined as...

Under the general theme Future of Work: Democracy, Development, and the Role of Labour the XIII GLU Conference will debate these challenges with a focus on four sub-themes: 1. Structural Changes and Impacts on Labour 2. Trade Union Organization and Strategies 3. Labour Regulation 4....

he theme of the plenary sessions this year is “Corruption and Economic Development.” The themes of the parallel sessions are always varied enough to accommodate diverse research interests. Submissions for presentations in the parallel sessions may be made under the following areas: 1....

Latin America, a thriving region of more than 600 million people, has a promising decade ahead. It is a leading global trader of agro-products with major reserves of raw materials and immense rainforests, which are vital for the global climate and hold potential for renewable energies. Major...

High commodity prices, favourable financial conditions and the hard-won economic reforms of the 1990s boosted regional economic growth to an average of 5% in the past years, with low inflation and strong current account surpluses. Besides dealing with the international financial turbulence and...

Developing country economies have grown faster than those of the developed countries. In particular, the emergence of China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS) is reshaping the global economic and political landscape. The prospects and implications of the rise of CIBS are of profound...

The challenges currently facing the Middle East are now well known. Less well understood are the alternative futures for the region under various scenarios, and what these mean for policy-makers and business leaders today. This event will take an entirely new approach to addressing the urgent...