The conference, to be held in San Fransisco, will bring together business leaders, entrepreneurs and senior policymakers to share hands-on experience of proven, profitable, and innovative approaches for a more active and beneficial presence at the bottom of the pyramid. The conference is aimed...

Die demographisch bedingten Herausforderungen für den Standort Deutschland sind klar definiert. Alternde Belegschaften werden in vielen Unternehmen als eine wichtige Herausforderung für die Wettbewerbs- und Leistungsfähigkeit der nächsten Jahre wahrgenommen. Obwohl eine Vielzahl erprobter...

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In Zeiten neuer wirtschaftlicher Herausforderungen gewinnen internationale Märkte zunehmend auch für mittelständische Unternehmen an Bedeutung. Ausgewiesene Experten aus Wissenschaft, Beratung und Praxis berichten über ihre Erfahrungen und zeigen neue Wege auf. Durch eine Vielzahl von...

The two conferences will deal with the microeconomic incentives, macroeconomic implications, and political sustainability of intergenerational transfers, on the one hand, and the transitional costs and macroeconomic implications of funded systems of retirement savings, on the other.

The conference will focus on the distributional consequences of the public sector. Although our main interest is in the effects on personal distribution, i.e., on families and individuals, we are also interested in the relationship between the public sector and functional distribution of...

The current global environment poses both a threat and an opportunity for Africa. Taking advantage of the openings afforded by trade and investment, while managing the risks and focusing on benefits for the poorest, is the central African challenge in economic policy making. The policies needed...

Globalization has substantially increased the flow of private capital available to emerging markets compared with official flows from multilateral institutions. Countries that pursue sound polices will attract large capital inflows, but those that do not will suffer net capital outflows. This...

The interaction between government legislation and policies with the "informal" efforts and livelihoods of people existing in parallel, is crucial to the understanding of development and to the design of policy interventions to reduce poverty.