Theme 1: Globalization, Trade in Services and Intangibles: Conceptual Challenges and Measurement Issues; Theme 2: The Potential and Challenges of Big Data and other Alternative Data in the Production of Prices, National Accounts, and Measures of Economic Well-Being; Theme 3: Time Use, Welfare...

The conference committee welcomes submissions of research manuscripts related to the following areas: 1) The regulatory environment of financial markets. 2) Control and monitoring policies by central banks around the world. 3) The current international financial crisis. 4) Consequences of the...

The overall purpose of the High-Level Conference is to address food security issues in the face of soaring food prices and the new challenges of climate change and energy security. The objective is to assist countries and the international community in devising sustainable solutions to the food...