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

The workshop discusses recent research that evaluates passive and active labour market policies. Theoretical, empirical, experimental and policy-oriented contributions are welcome. Papers that focus on specific groups like long-term unemployed people or unemployed people who receive means-tested...

Alternative Link: http://eswm2006.carloalberto.org (Does not work momentarily.)

The Wharton Global Business Forum is the pre-eminent business school event addressing the major economic, social, and political trends affecting the major regions of the world. This year top caliber speakers, panelists, and guests from around the world will converge on the city of Philadelphia...

Topics: - Methods and indicators for measuring the development of the services sector - Factors that characterise the potential fordevelopment of the services sector - Service industries important for socioeconomicdevelopment, especially in a knowledge economy - The economy-wide propagated...

Auf dem Workshop sollen Arbeitsmarktprobleme vorgestellt und diskutiert werden, die in einem inhaltlichen Zusammenhang zur regionalen Mobilität, zur Einkommensmobilität und zur beruflichen Mobilität stehen. Besonderer Wert wird auf die Darstellung der politischen Implikationen der jeweiligen...

The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research in economics, undertaken both by IMF staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policy makers. The theme of this year's conference is Capital Flows.

Der Schienengipfel 2006 ist als internationale Informations und Diskussionsplattform zu den aktuellen Fragen im Europäischen Schienenverkehr konzipiert und soll insbesondere den Dialogzwischen Politik, Industrie und der Transportwirtschaft fördern.

Topics of interest include the following: 1) Best and worst cases of corporate governance in different countries (situational dimension of corporate governance). 2) Strategic direction at the board level (strategic dimension) 3) Nomination, feedback, remuneration and development of supervisory...