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 -...

In addition to the regular sessions in all fields of labor economics, special sessions on Social Protection and Labor Markets will be featured. The previous global recession has demonstrated the importance of social protection and shown that economic growth alone is insufficient to deal with...

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...

This Forum would consider market access across various development dimensions including global (MFN) liberalisation, North-South trade and South-South trade, trade in services, and regional trade liberalisation - as a complement to multilateral liberalisation. Participation is by invitation only.