On Thursday 8 December, the programme includes a special session on ‘Inequality and development’ featuring recent research from UNU-WIDER's WIID and SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development Phase 2 projects.

Themes for the conference have revolved around the linkages between Domestic Policy Reform, Trade Liberalisation, Economic growth, Poverty Reduction, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education for Agribusiness.

Themes: - Psychology and Well-being (Cultural perspectives of well-being; Antecedents and indicators of well-being; Measurement of well-being; Positive and negative emotions; Positive psychology interventions; Flourishing), - Communication and Well-being (Cyberwellness; Media and society; Health...

IARIW Session on Developments in Income Inequality Across the World

Empirical or theoretical papers in the following areas are especially welcome: - Measurement of national income and wellbeing - Income distribution - Inequality (of income, wealth, education or opportunities) - Poverty - Socioeconomic mobility - Definition and measurement of the middle class -...

The theme for Rio 2010, The right to the City– bridging the urban divide is in harmony with UN-HABITAT’s flagship report, State of the World’s Cities 2010-2011. Concepts that will drive the discussions in Rio include the right to the city, bridging urban income gaps, reducing inequality...

Main Conference Themes: - Motivation for migration and return: social, cultural and economic implications - Consequences of financial and energy crisis: a quest for a balanced economical development - Intercultural knowledge managment and culture identity in relation to migration of ideas,...

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together experts in such areas as network theory, public goods, altruism and and charity, Peer groups, behavioral economics, experimental economics, and noncooperative game theory who wish to explore how we might gain a better understanding of these types...