This first MIASA policy conference on “Policies for a sustainable rural transformation in Africa” is meant to provide a space for exchange between researchers, policy makers, development practitioners and other stakeholders in rural development to present and discuss the most recent...

The aim of the conference is to provide researchers a friendly environment to present and discuss their latest research. Topics of interest include: 1. The extension of Social Security and Pension Redesign 2. Population Ageing and Financial Market Issues 3. Integrating the accumulation and...

The African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) is pleased to invite experts, analysts, practitioners and researchers in the relevant health fields to submit abstracts for the fifth Scientific Conference in Accra, Ghana. The next conference also marks the 10th anniversary of...

Conference Theme: "Innovation, Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: Strengthening Institutions for Greater Relevance, Effectiveness and Inclusivity" Conference tracks: - Science, technology, innovation and the sustainable development goals: Policy and Practice; - Agricultural innovation...

General themes: - How does transdisciplinarity respond to different socio-ecological contexts?: Integrating diverse fields of inquiry. - Ecological Economics as a paradigm to support grassroots alternatives: agroecology, solidarity economies, and markets, alternative currencies, workers’...

The International Economic Association (IEA) is the association of the economic associations from around the world, and is the unique international organization that brings together economists from developed and developing countries across a broad range of fields. The Congress will feature...

The conference will focus on recent trends in the research fields of modelling and forecasting methods applied to commodity markets with speakers from both industrial sector and academia. A particular emphasis will be given to the contributions in the following main fields: - Macroeconomic and...

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...

The 2014 GDN Annual conference will be structured around three sub-themes to better understand the nature and prospect of structural transformations in Africa and beyond: - Determinants of growth, industrial and trade policies - Environmental sustainability, management of natural resources and...

The goal of the workshop is to stimulate research in environmental and natural resource economics that is relevant to economic development in Latin America. Although priority will be given to papers that have empirical content, theoretical papers with clear policy implications will also be...