Organized by the SEASREP Foundation, with support from the Toyota Foundation and Japan Foundation, the conference provides an occasion for SEASREP not merely to showcase its achievements over the years, but position itself as a regional institution and network in the next decade. The conference...

The wide range of topics to be covered by the studies may include but is not limited by: a) Globalization and the chronic poor b) ‘Corporate globalization’ and the poor. c) Threshold and externality effects of globalization and dynamics of ‘between-country inequality’ e) Global economic...

Meeting India’s resource needs for future infrastructure development is a long-term industrial challenge and will require adjustments in consumption patterns both within the country and across the region. The public and private sectors must develop a holistic approach to the problem, linking...

The post-war period has witnessed a dramatic increase in international trade flows and foreign direct investment, as well as in the number of firms that produce outside of national borders. The objective of the conference is to improve our understanding of the impact of these trends. Specific...

The new WTO agenda of trade bargaining concentrates on how to proceed with the Doha Agenda in near future: This conference aims also to discuss the special role of the EU. (1) Liberalization of trade: e.g. in agricultural products; the Common Agriculture Policy; and food security; (2) GATS: to...

On 14-15 November, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research will host the second “Communicating European Research” conference. Based on the very positive experiences from the 2004 edition, the event will focus on the manifold aspects of science communication and will...

The new “new economy” involves not only novel information, but it is also characterized by increased spatial and functional fragmentations of the value-added chains. On the one hand they may give rise to information failures and problems of uncertainty which require the development of new...

The theme of this year's conference is Reforms. In the last two decades, many countries have reformed their economies to give market forces a greater role and to make the institutional environment more hospitable. The conference's goal is to present theoretical and empirical research on how...

Four principal areas of focus have been identified for conference panels and papers: · Conceptualising the interrelationship between regionalisation and globalisation · Regionalisation and global governance (1): economic, political, social, environmental and legal issues · Regionalisation and...

Session I: Macroeconomic Dimensions of Integration and Trade Session II: Economic Policy Dimensions of Integration and Trade Session III: Institutional Dimensions of Integration and Trade Papers submitted to these sessions should have a focus on trade, investment and regional integration issues,...