The conference slogan, “Migrants: Key Players in the 21st Century,” attempts to draw the attention of all participants to the human factor as the core element to be considered by migration experts, policymakers, and activists.

The ABCDE Organizing Committee is issuing a call for papers, empirical and theoretical, investigating the main drivers of productivity with particular attention to the role of the law, institutions, and norms. Possible topics include: - Firm Productivity - Human Capital and Skill Formation -...

Financial resilience, vigorous economic growth and poverty alleviation have characterized the development of most Latin American countries over the past decade. As the region sees the emergence of a larger and more demanding middle class, it is taking important steps to improve the overall...

The goal of the workshop is to stimulate research in environmental and natural resource economics that is relevant to economic development in Latin America. Although priority will be given to papers that have empirical content, theoretical papers with clear policy implications will also be...

Conference themes: 1. Governance; crime and violence prevention 2. Evaluating responses to shocks 3. Labor markets (including child labor), pensions, migration, and remittances 4. Urban development 5. Health and nutrition; HIV/AIDS 6. Demand-and supply-side incentive 7. Support to diversifying...

The main objectives of the conference are to improve the understanding of (i) how natural disasters affect household welfare, and (ii) how policy-makers can overcome the behavioral, political, technical, and operative hurdles involved in disaster risk preventive interventions.

Innovation is a mechanism to transform the challenges faced by many countries and regions into opportunities. The BALAS Conference will discuss innovation as a source of integration, development, aggregate value, creation of new markets to generate income and wealth.

Objectives: - To consider major transport trends – both in large urban areas and those raised by a globalising economy – with a special focus on developments in Latin America; - To address challenges caused by these trends – for the environment at large and for human health in particular;...

The programme will revolve around 6 pillars: a) Davos Updates: World Trends and Issues b) Latin America and Asia c) Opportunities in Infrastructure Development d) Going for Innovation e) Environmental Sustainability f) Investment for Growth

Submissions are invited for full papers, or abstracts of papers, on all aspects of accounting and auditing for presentation at the Conference.