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?...

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...