The ABCDE Organizing Committee is issuing a call for papers, empirical and theoretical, investigating the main drivers of productivity with particular attention to the role of the law, institutions, and norms. Possible topics include: - Firm Productivity - Human Capital and Skill Formation -...

Financial resilience, vigorous economic growth and poverty alleviation have characterized the development of most Latin American countries over the past decade. As the region sees the emergence of a larger and more demanding middle class, it is taking important steps to improve the overall...

The goal of the workshop is to stimulate research in environmental and natural resource economics that is relevant to economic development in Latin America. Although priority will be given to papers that have empirical content, theoretical papers with clear policy implications will also be...

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...

Themes: A) Cooperative and Social Development B) Cooperatives and Cultural Development C) Cooperatives and Economic Development D) Cooperative and Poverty Reduction E) Cooperative and Participation of Women and Youth F) Cooperative, Entrepreneurship and Employment

The main goal of this conference is to provide opportunity to assessment of government functions in economy and finding replies to some unresolved problem and questions. Topics: 1)Expenditure-related topics: -Government Expenditures and Efficiency -Budget Deficits and Subsidies -Optimal Size of...

Topics: 1. Recent world economic and financial crisis: What are the impacts and lessons for Islamic economies? What are relevant policies to make? 2. Existing Islamic economic and trade arrangements (ECO, D8, PGCC, ESCWA,...) : current impacts, potentials and barriers 3. Perspectives for...

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.

Topics: - Role of Marketing Research in service companies and institutions - Marketing Research in recession eras and crisis - Role of Marketing Research in sales promotion and success of new products and services - Role of Marketing Research in branding and advertising - Role of Marketing...

The changes occurred in Iran Banking System and Denationalization of the commercial banks in Iran required reviewing the among-the-banks relations. It means that their views on bank markets and customers need reconstruction. Such a reconstruction allows the banks to find the solutions to the...