Topics: - Case studies of innovative business practice - Contributions on the role of government - Studies of innovation and new product development - Skills, training and the development of human capital - Approaches to the provision of infrastracture - Investigations of knowledge management in...

The themes will cover the implications of Asia’s emergence for the rest of the world with regional sessions addressing these points in turn. The conference will also play host to sessions on diverse aspects of development including demographic trends and social security systems, labor market...

The UNU-WIDER project - Southern Engines of Global Growth: China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS) - centers on the inter-linkages between CIBS and the global economy. The main themes of the project include growth, trade, international finance, international governance and geopolitics. It...

Individual abstracts are encouraged on any topic of relevance to feminist economics, including theoretical, methodological and policy oriented work. Issues of particular interest include changing demographics, migration, AIDS and sexuality, unpaid work, precarious work and the informal economy.

Possible sessions could include: • Substitutability of real economic (manufactured) and natural capital • Effects of increased income inequality on the exploitation of the environment and the stability of social institutions • Globalization of economic activity and its effects on society...

Session 1: Making Markets Work for the Rural Poor Session 2: The Role of Religion in Twentieth Century Political Economy: Insights from Hayek, Knight, Smith, and Viner