Environment and development concerns will remain on the agendas, although the financial and economic crises have diverted attention from global and local environmental threats and natural resource management issues in developing and developed economies. The IPCC will release its 5th Assessment...

The workshop will focus more specifically on the following topics: - Monetary Policy in the Euro area - Open Macroeconomics Dynamics and Exchange Rate - Productivity and Potential Output Performances, and Impact of Structural Reforms - Current Account Adjustment - Economic Growth and Convergence