This triennial Forum is the most important social security event in the region. In a rapidly evolving world, it will provide a unique platform to discuss key social security challenges, be inspired by innovative solutions and define strategies to shape the future of social security in...

The financial crisis and the subsequent economic recovery were associated with spectacular price movements in a number asset markets. Understanding these fluctuations and their interactions with the macro economy remains challenging. The conference seeks to bring together innovative work...

Prof. Lutz Kilian (U. Michigan) will cover the determination of the price of oil in global markets and the relationship between the price of oil and the macroeconomy (inflation, growth, financial markets). The program will include: - Determinants of historical oil price fluctuations - How...

The Forum will provide a key platform for participants to share information and discuss the most important regional social security challenges and priority issues in the Americas. The Forum is open to ISSA members from the Americas and invited participants only.

The Forum will provide a key platform for participants to share information and discuss the most important regional social security challenges and priority issues in Africa. Member institutions will be invited to identify innovative responses and shape the programme in a survey, which will be...

The conference seeks to bring together innovative theoretical and empirical work advancing our knowledge on asset price behaviour, addressing the following (non-exclusive) list of topics: - New explanations for aggregate asset price fluctuations (bond prices, stock prices, housing prices) -...

The Conference will provide a unique global platform for the analysis and discussion of some of the critical issues facing social security institutions and their management of ICT. The Conference will feature contributions from diverse social security institutions in all regions as well as...

This conference provides a forum of discussion between advanced PhD/postdoctoral students in Macroeconomics and established researchers in their field. The conference contains parallel, invited and plenary sessions. Theoretical and empirical papers in macroeconomics are welcome.

Conference Topics: - recent developments in heterogeneous-agent modeling; - the empirics of heterogeneity: micro data collection and model testing; - effects of monetary and fiscal policies in heterogeneous-agent economies; - macroeconomic drivers of inequality.

Under the theme of Excellence in social security in Africa, the Forum will provide a key platform for participants to share information and discuss the most important regional social security trends and priority issues in Africa. The Forum is open to ISSA members from the Africa region and...