We invite scholars and researchers from all over the world, but particularly those based in the Asian-Pacific region to propose their thoughts and research results to tackle the aforementioned questions and thus, contribute to the success of the conference in solving some of the burning...

Environment and development concerns will remain on the agendas, although the financial and economic crises have diverted attention from global and local environmental threats and natural resource management issues in developing and developed economies. The IPCC will release its 5th Assessment...

Topics: - Inequality measurements - Economic growth, inequalities and poverty - Polarization, fragmentation, discrimination and horizontal inequalities - Economic and social mobility - Constitution of the middle classes - Poverty, vulnerability and vertical inequalities - Inequalities of...

Topics: - International adjustment dynamics; - Current account imbalances and international capital flows; - Global monetary system and financial crises; - International regulation of financial markets and intermediaries; - Open-Economy Macroeconomic Models; - Exchange Rate Regime; -...