Topics: - Institutional design and governance of global and/or local food supply chains - Adoption of technological, commercial and institutional innovations in food supply chains -­ Impact of specific supply chain innovations on outcome variables related to economic growth, poverty reduction,...

Topics: - International Migration and Local Development - Demography - Integration and Trade - Income Distribution and Inequality - Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development - Economic Growth and the Impact of Shocks - Other development-related topics - Comparative research

The overarching theme of the symposium is to analyse how the concept of transition ties in with the notion of sustainable development (What are the issues that justify a transition? Which kind of transition and how to put it in place? Is it scientifically, economically, and socially achievable?...

The application of econometric methods to financial markets is now commonplace and, in many cases, has become indispensable. Virtually every practical implementation of quantitative models requires some form of econometric modeling and statistical inference, hence the well-trained financial...

Possible topics: - Liberalization - Electronic competition to mail and express carriers labor economics - Service quality, reliability and pricing issues - Transition from monopoly to competition - Productivity issues - Financial viability and agency problems - Privatization, and...