The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the macroeconomic vulnerabilities of low- and middle-income countries. Debt was already high prior to the onset of the pandemic, but now many developing country governments must navigate through record-high public and private debt levels, and rising...

The Association organises the Annual Meeting of the Finnish Economic Association, Kansantaloustieteen päivät, which is the largest annual economic conference in Finland.

The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are low-income countries that face severe structural impediments to sustainable development. These countries are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets. To help the LDCs address these specific challenges,...

The purpose of this course is to introduce doctoral students from Europe and around the world to the diversity of ways of conducting case study research and to improve their own research practice. It aims to provide an overview of recent trends and debates on the case study in management and...

The course provides knowledge in: - designing theory based cross-cultural/ international studies - conducting cross-cultural research - quantitative and qualitative cross-cultural comparative methodology - doing cross-cultural collaborative research - doing research in transitional and...

The aim of the course is to further the understanding of supply chain management concepts and processes in different contexts. The focus of the seminar is on analysing and conducting SCM research in the area of disaster relief. In particular, participants will - Acknowledge the contextual...

The conference will include presentations of theoretical and empirical papers from all areas of economics. The plenary lecture will be given by Prof. Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po, Paris). Official languages of the conference are Finnish and English, but traditionally almost all the discussion in...

UNU-WIDER invites interested participants to submit original research related to the two conference themes below. We are open to contributions that use rigorous research methods from economics, and other social sciences, and welcome papers that hold important implications for policy. - Measuring...

Sessions will cover the following (preliminary) list of themes: - Industry and Growth: What’s New? - Deindustrialization in Africa: What Went Wrong and Why? - Breaking-in: Can Africa Enter Global Markets? - Industrial Development and Infrastructure: How Large a Constraint? - Industrial...