Topics: - Historical analysis of growth successes and failures - Specificity of development paths - Institutions and economic development - Institutions and growth constraints - Culture and economic development - The language and the rhetoric of economic development - Economic cooperation and...

Topics: - Awarding Procedures, Incentives and Efficiency - Performance and Renegotiation in Public Procurement - Public Procurement and Innovation - Green Public Procurement - Macroeconomic Implications of Public Procurement Policies - Corruption in Public Procurement - SMEs Participation -...

The themes of the Conference include all areas of comparative economics and related disciplines treated in a comparative perspective. New approaches to comparative economics, analysis of the various forms of capitalism, different models of development, trade, monetary and regional integration...

A global network of individuals and institutions conducting economy-wide analysis of trade, resource, and environmental policy issues has emerged. Thousands of these researchers now use a common data base, supplied by the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP). The project is coordinated by the...