The objective of this interdisciplinary workshop is to bring experts from different social sciences and policy backgrounds to discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of this second approach to poverty persistence.

This inaugural meeting of the Behavioural Workshop will seek contributions from areas which include while not being limited to the following issues • The construction of mental frames and heuristics to guide risk management of structured finance products, securitised debt and other...

Recent years have seen an increasing use in economics and finance of models employing large datasets, involving the estimation of large number of parameters. The severe computational problems that these models involve have partly motivated the huge body of contributions on stationary and non...

The conference will convene development practitioners, policy experts and academic researchers from around the world to examine the ways in which the food and fuel price volatility, financial market volatility and global economic slowdown are affecting children and youth in both developing and...

Conference Programme: - Chief Risk Officer’s Perspective - Stress Testing in Central Banks - Reputational Risk and the Implications for Business Reporting - Accounting Standard and Financial Reporting - Globalisation and Free Market Fundamentalists - Accounting Research in a Complex Financial...

Topics: - Understand the basic principles and backgrounds of Islamic finance - Understand how Islamic finance can help you and your organization - Learn about the opportunities for you in Islamic Finance - Identify practical steps to market entry

The seminar will focus on a wide range of financial stability issues. The topics covered in the event will fit within the following broad themes: • definition of financial stability, and the role of the Bank of England in the UK tripartite framework; • identification and assessment of key...

The MMF 2009 Programme Committee invites submissions of papers from academic, government, and business economists in any area of Monetary, Macro and Financial Economics.

Abstracts are welcome on theoretical, empirical and applied housing research but are particularly welcomed from a sociological or social sciences perspective (broadly and not in any way exhaustive: geography, political science, public policy, social policy, economics, finance, management &...

Courses Week 1: 22 June – 26 June 2009 - Advanced Issues in European Union Company Law - Banking in an Age of Turbulence - Business Analysis and Valuation in Volatile Times - Global Finance and Crisis Politics: The International Financial Architecture under Stress - Leadership: Current...