Conference Theme: Globalisation at the Crossroads – Rethinking Inequalities and Boundaries

Tracs: - Governance, Politics, Ethics and Conflict in Planning, - Informal Housing, Land Tenure and Government Programs, - Housing and Community Development, - Spatial Policies and Land Use Planning, - Planning Practice and Innovation in Planning Education, - Planning History, - Planning...

The Nordic Conference in Development Economics is an excellent opportunity to share ongoing research in various sub-fields of development economics with a wide range of colleagues from all Nordic countries. Researchers and PhD candidates working in other countries are also invited to the conference.

The aim of the conference is to bring together the community of scholars who employ laboratory experimental economics methods for research in developing countries.

The ABCDE Organizing Committee is issuing a call for papers, empirical and theoretical, investigating the main drivers of productivity with particular attention to the role of the law, institutions, and norms. Possible topics include: - Firm Productivity - Human Capital and Skill Formation -...

Conference will cover following issues: - Problems of socio-economic development of developing countries - What can and should the European countries do? - Participation of students of Czech and European universities in development issues - New challenges for development studies - Problems of...

Conference themes: 1. Governance; crime and violence prevention 2. Evaluating responses to shocks 3. Labor markets (including child labor), pensions, migration, and remittances 4. Urban development 5. Health and nutrition; HIV/AIDS 6. Demand-and supply-side incentive 7. Support to diversifying...

Latin America, a thriving region of more than 600 million people, has a promising decade ahead. It is a leading global trader of agro-products with major reserves of raw materials and immense rainforests, which are vital for the global climate and hold potential for renewable energies. Major...

The NFU conference is intended as a forum for development research, and the conference is therefore open for workshop contributions on other relevant topics of the field. The plenary sessions: Plenary 1: Conflicts and political settlements Plenary 2: Religion, conflict and development Plenary 3:...

The main objectives of the conference are to improve the understanding of (i) how natural disasters affect household welfare, and (ii) how policy-makers can overcome the behavioral, political, technical, and operative hurdles involved in disaster risk preventive interventions.