This is an interdisciplinary workshop focusing on understanding India as a society, exploring the dynamics of economic transformation currently underway in India, and assessing the cultural and/or strategic challenges faced by Western multinationals operating in the country.

China Summit 2005 will focus on key macro issues and big investment ideas for China in 2006. In addition to an array of expert outside speakers, CEQ editor Joe Studwell will present the results of CEQ's latest survey of corporate profitability in China, including the first comprehensive...

The Program Committee invites submissions in all areas of economics from researchers around the world interested in issues relevant to Latin America. Papers using interregional comparative approaches in economic development, growth and inequality; topics such as institutional economics,...

THEMES: Specific themes covered by the conference encompass interdisciplinary social science approaches to analyses and problem solving in the Middle East and Central Asia and may fall within, but not limited to, the following: # Authoritarianism and Democracy # Impacts of Globalization #...

ASCE invites papers on subjects related to the Cuban economy and society, including macroeconomics; banking and finance; agriculture and the sugar industry; tourism; social and political aspects of economic development; education; health; environmental policy; law and legal institutions; civil...

Sub-Saharan Africa is the sole continent where, on current projections, the millennium development goals are almost certain not to be met. What is to be done? It is clear that to advance the discussion further we have to get beyond the simple “growth versus distribution” dichotomy. Without...

Getting an accurate picture of poverty and inequality trends and patterns in the world’s most populous country is central to understanding changes in global inequality and poverty – these alter significantly when China is included or excluded. China has achieved dramatic improvements in...

The process of catching up with the old EU members requires in Central Eastern Europe that the economies of these countries have to grow faster than in Western Europe. A high and sustainable growth path depends on the ability of these countries to develop technologically. The workshop will be...

Frankreich und Deutschland stehen vor gemeinsamen wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischen Herausforderungen: Die Vertiefung der europäischen Integration und die EU-Erweiterung, die „Globalisierung“ sowie der technische und demographische Wandel haben in Frankreich wie in Deutschland erste...