The conference will have three main themes: 1. The Private Sector and Agriculture and Rural Development 2. Trade Links to the Private Sector and Poverty Reduction 3. Business, Finance and Poverty Reduction

This conference will help to identify rural investment priorities, foster innovation in rural regions, increase services to sparsely populated areas and encourage urban-rural linkages. Through the co-operation between private, government and academic resources, this conference provides the...

The workshop intends to discuss ways to improve and implement fiscal indicators allowing to gauge a country's performance against the broad objectives for fiscal rules (medium-term stability and cyclical flexibility) and against the constraints arising form the underlying operational and...

Note that papers and panels on other topics from all areas of comparative economics are also welcome. - Comparative economics - Economic Development - The Enlarged EU - EU Candidates - EU and its Neighbourhood - The Lisbon objectives - Privatisation and governance - Finance and Monetary Issues -...

Conference themes are listed below, however, quality papers in all areas of regional science are welcome. - Island economies - Testing the new economic geography - Health geographies - Environment and regional development - Demography and migration - Regional finance - Land use constraints -...

This INFER Workshop provides an opportunity for all involved in research in International Economics to exchange their ideas. Researchers are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers broadly in line with the theme of the workshop: “Trade, Factor Movement and Convergence in Transition...

This INFER Workshop provides an opportunity for all involved in research in Monetary Economics to exchange their ideas. Researchers are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers broadly in line with the theme of the workshop: “Monetary Policy in Emerging Countries”.

In Africa, the major cities have grown with unprecedented speed over the past few decades creating genuine metropolises. Cities like Nairobi, Johannesburg and Lagos reflect the makeup of the country at large, and indeed are often taken to stand as a symbol for the nation united. In a rhetorical...

The goal of the conference is to promote and stimulate the exchange of ideas in the field of economic modeling techniques applied to regional and urban issues.