Conference themes: 1. Governance; crime and violence prevention 2. Evaluating responses to shocks 3. Labor markets (including child labor), pensions, migration, and remittances 4. Urban development 5. Health and nutrition; HIV/AIDS 6. Demand-and supply-side incentive 7. Support to diversifying...

The main objectives of the conference are to improve the understanding of (i) how natural disasters affect household welfare, and (ii) how policy-makers can overcome the behavioral, political, technical, and operative hurdles involved in disaster risk preventive interventions.

Innovation is a mechanism to transform the challenges faced by many countries and regions into opportunities. The BALAS Conference will discuss innovation as a source of integration, development, aggregate value, creation of new markets to generate income and wealth.

The programme will revolve around 6 pillars: a) Davos Updates: World Trends and Issues b) Latin America and Asia c) Opportunities in Infrastructure Development d) Going for Innovation e) Environmental Sustainability f) Investment for Growth

Topics: - empirical work on slavery in Europe today - the meaning of slavery in contemporary Europe - the causes of modern day slavery - the responses of European governments/civil society - assessments of the implementation and efficacy of existing domestic, European and international law to...

The main purpose of the CReCER Conference is to create greater awareness of the importance of sound accounting and auditing practices for economic development. The conference will also take stock of the various initiatives that have been undertaken over the recent period to strengthen accounting...

As with any ACR conference, the Latin American conference will provide a multi-topical forum for scholarly presentations, discussions, and collaborations on consumer behavior. In addition, a theme for this conference has been established to encourage some attendees to focus on a set of issues...

The Conference Theme of AM2005 is "Marketing: Building Business, Shaping Society", and embraces an upbeat view of the role of marketing. For much of the past decade, a gloom has enveloped the marketing world, with doubt about the validity of much disciplinary thinking, the role of marketing in...