Topics: - Theories that can help identify key drivers of the observed joint dynamics of growth and inequality; - Comparative analysis of structural change across developed economies and its consequence for growth and inequality; - The role of policies, such as wage compression, retraining, and...

The Fragility Forum 2022: Development and Peace in Uncertain Times will revisit some of the key findings of the WDR 2011, how the global response to FCV has evolved since, and what is now top of the agenda considering what we have learned as well as the dramatically changed global landscape we...

Removing impediments to economic mobility and ensuring fair access to economic opportunities is a central concern for citizens and policymakers. This conference seeks proposals that analyze the causes, consequences, and policy implications of barriers to mobility across the income and wealth...

In light of COVID-19, GEM20 will be fully remote for the week of September 21-25, 2020. The Global Empowerment Meeting (GEM) is the Center for International Development's (CID) premier event featuring cutting-edge research and initiatives in global development. The topic of GEM20 is...

Cancelled: 2020 SIEPR Economic Summit Stanford University is closely monitoring the status of COVID-19, also called novel coronavirus, with the health and well-being of our community firmly in mind. The university has strongly encouraged the cancellation or postponement of large events scheduled...

ACES Sessions: - The Demand for the State: Evidence from Past and Present; - Social Capital and Banking Crises; - Skills in College: Cross-National Evidence from China, India, Russia, and the United States; - The Institutional Basis of China's Growth and Social Development; - From Culture to...

Human migration is a central concern for citizens, policy makers and businesses in both origin and destination countries. This conference seeks proposals that analyze the implications of migration policy for growth, inequality, and welfare. Topics: - the distributional impact of past or proposed...

The objective of this special conference is to draw lessons from these disciplines to help inform and shape how the international development community moves forward in defining, measuring and monitoring poverty.

The Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, parliamentarians, private sector executives, representatives from civil society organizations and...

Although we encourage submissions on all topics related to evolutionary economics, preference will be given to those closely aligned with the conference theme. The following are examples of issues that may be addressed: - The fraying of political institutions as a consequence of...