Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference will be held virtually. Extreme events pose enormous challenges to the global economy, as evidenced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the increased frequency of disasters due to climate change. During such...

We invite papers on: managerial accounting, financial accounting, and auditing. The topics are broadly defined and can include national and international accounting regulation, standard‐setting, management control, corporate governance, ethical issues, financial management, risk management,...

The conference aims to provide a forum for discussing innovative theoretical and empirical research on the key macroeconomic challenges facing low-income countries, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers. The papers should shed light on how such macroeconomic...