The annual joint conference with the KIF and the KAFA will be held as a one-day conference on Tuesday, May 26. While the main theme for this year's conference is the current financial crisis, papers dealing with general issues in macro-finance, financial/capital markets, and banking industry and...

Suggested topics include: - Driving forces (agricultural development and economic growth; urbanization and industrial and agricultural pollution; enewable energy and agricultural development; natural resource use and sustainable agriculture development) - Institutional and policy aspects...

Topics: • Measurement and consequences of the growth of global liquidity • The accelerated accumulation of international reserves: domestic and international implications • Current account and global imbalances • Financial market integration , capital flows, and financial stability •...

Topics: - Overall assessment of EMU functioning. - Financial markets. - The euro in the international economy. - Governance, institutions and design of new policy initiatives. - Tax and public finance issues - Internal market issues

Session I: Unwinding global imbalances Session II: Adjustment and integration dynamics in EMU Session III: Fostering catching-up and cohesion in the EU

Topics: - Advanced concepts and theories in ecological complexity and sustainability - Innovative methods and tools in ecological analysis and synthesis - Ecosystem dynamics, function and service: stresses and responses - Sustainable planning, policy and management to meet the challenges of...

The workshop will bring together national and European policy-makers, experts from academia, national authorities, the European Commission and other international organisations to discuss the state-of-play, the channels and the consequences of corporate tax competition and coordination in the...

Key issues would include - how the economic adjustment process changes; - the role of financial markets in promoting and financing adjustment; - whether converging and steady-state economies face different challenges; - the challenges for supervisory and structural policies; - what types of...

This is the fifth in the series of international conferences on efficiency and productivity growth in the Asia-Pacific region, following on from APPC2004 that was held in Australia. The conference will consist of both invited and contributed paper sessions on efficiency and productivity growth...

SUGGESTED TOPICS 1. Sustainable Economic Growth for the New Millennium 2. Population, Health, and Sustainable Economic Growth 3. Education, Technology, and Knowledge Economy 4. Environment, Equality, Balanced Development, and Growth