The International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) is the world organization of public finance economists, comprising approximately 600 members from over 50 countries. In an increasingly specialized academic field, the IIPF seeks to generate intellectual interchanges among public finance...

Driven by the advancements in renewable energy, enhanced technology, and a burgeoning preference for eco-friendly and locally sourced power, the trajectory toward decentralized energy models seems poised to shape the future of energy systems, particularly in the realm of electricity. This shift...

Topics: - Governance and regulation - National v supra-national governance - Free markets and governance - Multi-national corporate accountability - Social responsibility and free markets - Globalisation and corporate activity - Regulation of corporate social and environmental behaviour -...

The following fields will be discussed: a) Causes of Financial crisis: Interest rates, International Imbalances and the Great Moderation ("Minsky Effect") b) Trade and financial flows: Savings - consumption imbalance c) Macroeconomic Performance: Core and Periphery in EU d) Eurozone in Distress:...

Possible issues and topics for workshop papers are: - Law and ecological tipping points - Law and environmental management: prescriptive or enabling? - Law and marine ecosystem adaptive management - The rule of law: legal certainty vs. flexibility and adaptability? - Private property, state...

Developing and transition economies will be increasingly concerned with environmental and natural resources management issues; they will have to solve a three-fold challenge: a better environment, good economic performances and poverty reduction as targeted by the Millennium Development Goals....

Achieving sales targets remains a key challenge for European banks. However, there have been some unprecedented developments within the financial services sector over the last year. These have led to a considerable change in customer, market and regulatory attitudes in relation to how banks sell...

Themes: 1) Case studies on innovative and sustainable microinsurance programmes and/or products 2) Thematic issues a) New distribution channels b) Claims handling c) Strategies to develop microinsurance d) Microinsurance solutions for natural disasters e) Insurance literacy 3) Scientific track...

Main Theme: Universal Coverage: Challenges and Opportunities The Objectives are as follow: - Taking lessons from developed countries such as the United States, Germany, Japan, and South Korea in achieving universal coverage. - Taking lessons from developing countries such as Thailand, the...

The Euro-Latin Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT) is now accepting proposals for papers examining the links between trade and international organization of production along the macroeconomic, microeconomic, and institutional-legal dimensions.