The main objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for central bankers, market participants and researchers in the field of economics and finance to discuss the most recent developments in access to finance of small and medium-sized companies. Topics: - The role of banks in financing...

The aim of this 2-day conference is to cover a broad range of related topics, both theoretical and empirical, in international finance (including the macro-finance literature). The conference will in particular be devoted to recent advances in both theoretical and empirical analysis of financial...

This Conference aims to: - Analyze the consequences of the Global Financial Crisis and associated socio-economic changes for the future of social security. - Identify the new demographic context encompassing the challenges of an evolving life-cycle and consequences of increasing migration. -...

Under the theme of Excellence in social security in Africa, the Forum will provide a key platform for participants to share information and discuss the most important regional social security trends and priority issues in Africa. The Forum is open to ISSA members from the Africa region and...

Main Tracks: 1) Infrastructure layer (the “net”) 2) Logical and application layers (the “Internet”) 3) Content layer 4) Internet policy and governance 5) Beyond telecoms: the transformational power of IT) Additional relevant topics are also welcomed.

The workshop focuses on the empirical modelling of major transmission channels of financial market shocks using the global vector autoregressive (GVAR) framework. Understanding financial market interdependencies during times of significant monetary accommodation remains a key issue in current...

The conference is targeted at experts from the community of central banks and sovereign wealth managers (including commodity savings funds and sovereign pension funds) as well as academics. It aims to facilitate an ongoing dialogue between the reserve and asset management specialists of the...

SUERF and the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) will hold a joint one-day conference in Madrid on Friday 14 November 2014 as part of CNMV's 25th anniversary celebrations. The Institutional Keynote will also double up as the 2014 SUERF Annual Lecture, and will be delivered by Sir...

The one day conference on Behavioral Health Economics will include 6-8 presentations of ongoing or completed research at the nexus of behavioral economics and health, both in developing and developed countries. It will also feature a keynote address from Anna Fruttero, author of the World...

Goal of the conference is to gain feedback from experts and policymakers on draft policy notes outlining practical options for reforming environmental policies in Europe, and research needs to help improve policy design and evaluation. The focus will be on fiscal and regulatory policies...