This year's annual LGA finance conference will focus on future public spending and the implications for local government. The conference will hear from the Local Government Association as well as from a panel of leading local authority representatives discussing what this will mean for councils.

Submissions are solicited on a wide variety of topics including but not limited to: Agricultural economic theory and policy; Agricultural markets; Agricultural trade; Agricultural investment; Rural finance; Resource economics and environment protection; Agricultural R&D and extensions; Employment,...

All papers presented at the conference will be selected through this open submissions process. Please note that there will be time for only a very small number of presentations. The conference lasts about a day and a half, there are no parallel sessions, and ample time is allowed for discussion...

Infrastructure Investment World Asia will discuss the following: - Opportunities available to infrastructure owners, banks and investors as a result of government initiatives - Partnership and investment models suitable for different Asian countries - Seeking alternative capital and financing...

Abstracts are welcome on theoretical, empirical and applied housing research but are particularly welcomed from a sociological or social sciences perspective (broadly and not in any way exhaustive: geography, political science, public policy, social policy, economics, finance, management &...

Development Studies Association (DSA) works to connect and promote the development research community in UK and Ireland.

This year, the Conference theme is Heterodox Economics and Sustainable Development, twenty years on. Sustainable development is the main challenge facing humankind for this century. The recognition of fundamental failures within mainstream economics and discontent amongst people concerned about...

There will be two tracks, the first focussing on economic theory particularly social choice, decision/utility theory, experimental work and economic theory in philosophy. The second track will cover particularly subfields where human welfare is particularly important including health,...

This seminar will focus on the ongoing debate about the roles and functions of small farms and their future within the context of rapid structural changes in agri-food chains and the "retail revolution". The seminar will incorporate discussions about the changing role of small farms in the EU,...

The summer school will include 7 theoretical and 3 thematic seminars, plus 3 lab sessions. It will be emphasizes that sustainable development is a process of learning rather than a static goal. Besides integrating the various dimensions of sustainable development, the integrated analysis of...