The Congress will address “resources” as one of the central challenges of the contemporary world. The Congress will consider sessions on all the categories of resources, that is natural, material, immaterial and human (work and skill): water, air, energy, food products, raw materials,...

The aim of the FAERE annual conferences is to promote the production and dissemination of research in environmental economics. Are welcome all the theoretical and applied works, on topics that include – but are not limited to – biodiversity, fishing, agriculture, forestry, water, energy,...

The objective of the Seventh International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development is to explore how to deliver on the national commitments, such as the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs, which would then become NDCs) in support of achieving the climate change mitigation...

Key themes: - The impact of microfinance in Europe - The relationship between impact and organisational challenges of microfinance in Europe - The role of microfinance in the European institutional context Papers addressing personal microfinance in Europe are particularly welcome. Papers...

Conference program: Session 1 - Environment - Relations Economy / Nature, Reference Framework Session 2 - Environment - Relations Economy / Nature, Works in progress Session 3 - Financial intermediaries and international financial interconnection Session 4 - First part - Globalisation Session 4...

The Conference themes: - Monetary policy and prudential regulation - Crises and post crisis - Financial markets - Financing growth and development - The global financial crisis and Euro-Mediterranean

True multidistribution is hard to achieve. It requires significant long-term investment, but what benefits or return on investment can banks expect? There is unfortunately no easy answer, but there is one place where you can learn from the bankers with the most experience in this area: the Efma...

The payments industry is facing challenges from all sides: competition and pricing pressures; new regulations; continuing macroeconomic uncertainty; and changing customer demands. Banks need to be flexible and agile to take advantage of the huge potential gains available from the payments...

The emerging ‘advanced payments’ sector includes the convergence of mobile, Internet and tablet payments. These represent exciting and lucrative new revenue channels. Industry leaders have already started to grasp this opportunity and are focusing on emerging mobile and NFC innovation and...

Recent events have underlined the importance of cash as a refuge, as cash in circulation peaked at the height of the financial crisis. Since then, demand has remained strong and there has been no sign of repatriation of those banknotes. At the same time, the infrastructure of the cash cycle is...