Labour market policies are imperative to the further preservation and development of our welfare states. However it is clear that current labour market policies are not capable of dealing adequately with the challenges resulting from two major trends: the internationalisation of the economy and...

Themes: - Quality management in the statistics; - Fundamental principles of the statistics and code of good practices; - Inter-disciplinary of statistical process; - Statistical dimension of sustainable development; - e-Statistics; - International comparisons; - The survey role in statistical...

GARNET's core theme is ‘Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation: the Role of the EU’. To integrate research from Europe and beyond, GARNET organises an international conference every year starting 2006. This one, held in Amsterdam, will be the first.

This workshop will seek a highly interactive exchange seeking common ground between the themes of poverty and the role of access to finance in development. We are interested in work, both empirical and theoretical, that examines this set of barriers to establishment and growth. Possible areas...