The conference will convene development practitioners, policy experts and academic researchers from around the world to examine the ways in which the food and fuel price volatility, financial market volatility and global economic slowdown are affecting children and youth in both developing and...

This course will study the interaction between liquidity, asset prices and aggregate economic activity over the business cycle. The course begins with alternative theoretical approaches to liquidity which emphasize limited commitment and limited market participation. We use these frameworks to...

There will be two conferences. The first will take place on 16-17 JUNE 2009 in Münster, Germany. A follow-up conference will be held on 17-18 AUGUST 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Topics: 1. Is there a new global paradigm of resource shortages or is it the 1970s all over again? 2. Modeling...

The Conference is intended to provide a forum for the dissemination of recent research on growth and business cycles from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.

Issues such as inflation, the credit crunch and loss of a confidence in the economy means this conference will come at a crucial time and delegates will have the opportunity to debate these key topics with some of the UK's leading economic commentators. Whilst the economic crisis continues to...