In the presence of frictions, markets often (but not always) do not generate the socially efficient outcome. However, asymmetric information between the private and public sector prevents the government from designing efficient policies. In both labor and public economics advances have been made...

The EUDN PhD Student Workshop aims at giving PhD students in Development Economics an opportunity to present papers in an informal environment, as well as to exchange the results of recent and ongoing research in different fields of development economics. ontributions from all possible fields of...

Are microfinance programs financially sustainable so that they will be able to finance the poor in the near future? What role does the private sector, i.e. commercial banks, play in providing microfinance? What role does microfinance play in empowering women? What is the role of microinsurance...

Papers on the following themes are invited: - Theories of economic development and sustainability - Innovation, growth and sustainability - Learning, capability-building and system innovation - Sectoral innovation studies and sustainability - Transnational knowledge, technology and governance...

The topic of this year's conference is: Behavioral Economics: Challenges to policy makers and financial institutions. We invite submissions in all areas of behavioural and experimental economics that are relevant for the tasks of de Nederlandsche Bank, including financial stability, financial...

We hope to move away from the perspective of African ‘victimhood’ by stressing ‘African agency’. Originating in nineteenth-century philosophical discourse, the theme of ‘Structure and Agency’ has been adopted in many academic disciplines. The conference also allows for a...

We hope to move away from the perspective of African ‘victimhood’ by stressing ‘African agency’. Originating in nineteenth-century philosophical discourse, the theme of ‘Structure and Agency’ has been adopted in many academic disciplines. The conference also allows for a...