The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the macroeconomic vulnerabilities of low- and middle-income countries. Debt was already high prior to the onset of the pandemic, but now many developing country governments must navigate through record-high public and private debt levels, and rising...

The themes of the conference cover policy and practitioner-oriented research related to systemic risk measurement. We solicit contributions covering a broad range of techniques related to systemic risk analytics, particularly related to (but not limited to) the following themes: - Using systemic...

Every year the ELA Research committee organises a European Doctorate Workshop. Lecturors in Logistics and Supply Chain are invited to propose one doctoral student from their university, who could contribute to this workshop with an interesting doctoral research project within logistics. All...

In accordance with the latest UN guidelines we regret to inform the 2020 WIDER Development Conference has been cancelled.

The conference will showcase UNU-WIDER, its work, and the many people and institutions that are engaged with it. The conference will hold panel discussions on all of the main themes and findings of UNU-WIDER’s research during 2009-18 — finance, food and climate change; and transformation,...

The conference aims at bringing together Nordic and international scholars for the exchange of ideas and discussion of recent results within theoretical and applied development economics research. We welcome submissions of individual papers in any field of development economics from researchers...

Original papers subject to high academic standards and preferably with important policy or practical implications are invited, for example, on the following topics, though not restricted to them: - The growth an business cycle effects of shifting demographics - Demographics and the financial...

Theme of the conference is "Searching for Sustainability in Future Working Life". The range of possible topics includes, but is not limited to, the following themes from the perspective of working life: - Workforce diversity, intersectionality, inclusion and equality, - 24/7 demands,...

We welcome submissions of full-length papers using micro and macro analyses, theoretical and empirical. Some examples of topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Factors affecting accumulation of human capital (health, education, skills) - Linkages between human capital, demography...

This conference on ‘Inequality – measurement, trends, impacts, and policies’ focuses on the latest developments in the measurement of inequality in income, wealth, and human development, drawing also on advances in measurements in the advanced economies. It will examine what we know about...