This conference will bring together economists, policymakers and practitioners to explore the causes and conditions of poverty and to begin a dialogue on the policies and strategies that may address the needs of communities with high concentrations of poverty.

The conference will focus on behavioral responses to taxes and social insurance programs, as well as the implications of such responses for government policy. Taxes are broadly defined to include direct individual and corporate taxes as well as indirect taxes. Social insurance programs include...

ISDEHS 2006 is meant to be the first of a series of symposia intended to create an ongoing dialogue between researchers and policy makers from the Arab world with the global scientific community as well as to reposition the ongoing desertification debate within the context of human...

THE 2006 CONFERENCE TOPIC Social policy and regional development are often narrowly defined and treated as separate and distinct areas of scientific study. Indeed, in the context of transition and prospective membership of the European Union, reforms in each are considered necessary and are the...

Bisher gibt es in Deutschland kaum Verbindungen zwischen politischen Protestbewegungen gegen neoliberale Globalisierung und Sozialabbau oder Erwerbsloseninitiativen einerseits und Projekten Solidarischer Ökonomie andererseits. Wir laden Menschen aus den verschiedensten sozialen Bewegungen und...

Suggested topics: - Is the external debt of developing countries sustainable? - Foreign or domestic financing? - Which international financial architecture?

Conference Themes: - The role of Universities, Scientific and Media Institutions in qualifying Planners as well as enhancing Planning knowledge. - Aspects of Finance and Management in planning and development. - International and Arab experience in planning and development. - Planning within...

This course aims to provide top policymakers and other key stakeholders in the pension debate with an overview of the latest concepts and frameworks about pension reform as well as a review of lessons from recent pension reforms around the world. The program combined in-depth analysis of pension...

The conference will have three main themes: 1. The Private Sector and Agriculture and Rural Development 2. Trade Links to the Private Sector and Poverty Reduction 3. Business, Finance and Poverty Reduction

Topics: • the impact of globalization on organizational change • international organizations as organizational change agents • the diffusion of organizational change practice • implementing organizational change in transitional countries • developing organizational change practice •...