Workshop topics include: - The concept and measurement of entrepreneurship in the context of developing countries. - The channels through which entrepreneurship drives economic structural transformation and growth and institutional development. - The advantages and disadvantages of small, micro,...

The topic of the 2008 SABF, "Empowering Agents of Change", pretends to analyze the existing change agents in the world and particularly those which have become blurred in South America, with the objective of finding out the causes of their lack of involvement and finding solutions to achieve...

Courses: EC102: Introductory Macroeconomics EC112: Essential Statistics for Economics and Econometrics EC202: Intermediate Macroeconomics EC212: Introduction to Econometrics EC270: Public Finance EC302: Advanced Macroeconomics EC307: Development Economics EC351: International Economics

The subject of the conference is "Assessment of Western China Development and Future Prospects." Electronic submission of papers can be made via the link on the website.

Developing country economies have grown faster than those of the developed countries. In particular, the emergence of China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS) is reshaping the global economic and political landscape. The prospects and implications of the rise of CIBS are of profound...

The program will include eight plenary sessions, as well as three parallel sessions, as follows: 1. Where do we stand and why? A pragmatic approach for increasing investments in infrastructure in Latin America 2. Lessons from successful international experiences: the role of contract design in...

The Academy of Marketing conference will take place from Tuesday 8th July to Thursday 10th July, with the Doctoral Colloquium running from Monday 7th to Tuesday 8th July. The theme for the 2008 conference is ‘Reflective Marketing in a Material World’ The 2008 AM Conference invites scholars...

The general themes of the conference are the causes and consequences of the acceleration of economic development in China and India in recent decades, including the implications for other developing and developed countries around the world. Topics of particular interest include: trade and...

Lecturers and Topics: - Dilip Mookherjee (Boston) – Theoretical Overview - Nava Ashraf (Harvard) – Overview of Empirical Methodologies - Erica Field (Harvard) – Property Rights; Gender and Fertility - Imran Rasul (University College, London) – Education; Social Networks - Dean Yang...

Political, technological and commercial forces are driving growth in the international exchange of goods, services, jobs and people. These changes have resulted in very significant growth in economic prosperity and some major reductions in global poverty. The BRIICS (Brazil, Russia, India,...