The Conference provides a forum for dissemination of modern research in economic growth and development broadly defined. Papers with an India focus are especially welcome.

The themes for the 59th ISLE Annual Conference are: - Informality, Labour Market and Employment - Macro-Economic Policies and Employment - Technological Change and Employment

Objectives of the Conference: Liberalization, privatization and globalization are changing the face of domestic and international business and finance. Expectations of the stakeholders, cross border rules and regulations, factors affecting the business are posing challenges to the players by way...

This conference seeks to provide a platform to address and deliberate on various issues and concerns in field of human resource management. Research papers, case studies and articles are invited from various inter-disciplinary areas and sectors for the conference.

Papers are invited in the following theme areas: - National Accounts; - Productivity; - Poverty and Inequality; - Human Capital and Education; - Regional Integration and Global Value Chains; - Well-being, including Health, Food Security and Hunger; - Labour market, Skills and Jobs; - Structural...

Topics: - What is the empirical evidence on aggregate and distributive effects of unconventional monetary policy (e.g., negative interest rates, asset purchases, targeted longer-term refinancing operations)? Through which channels are these effects transmitted? How persistent are they? - What...

Conference Sub-themes: - Ecosystems and Well Being: Oceans, Forests, Mountains and Wetlands; Resilience; Valuation; Management. - Collective Action and Local Governance: Community, Institutions, Transaction Costs, Trust. - Climate Change: Science of Climate Change; Agriculture & Food Security;...

Sub-­themes: 1. Socially and economically just alternatives, 2. Global supply chains and implications for labour, 3. Changing technology and the world of work, 4. Building Movements against Neoliberalism and Neo-­nationalism.

Referenten: - Prof. Jan-Egbert Sturm, ETH Zürich, Direktor KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle, «Die Welt schottet sich ab: Aussichten für die Schweizer Wirtschaft» - Prof. Simon J. Evenett, Universität St. Gallen - SIAW - Schweizerisches Institut für Aussenwirtschaft und Angewandte...

Conference—part one: Power speeches and a panel debate on the challenges facing banks and financial institutions. Conference—part two: Two keynote speakers (Professor Axel A. Weber, Chairman of the Board of Directors UBS Group AG and Professor Jean Tirole Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)...