The conference is open for submissions within any sub-field of development economics. PhD students are encouraged to submit papers and to participate in the conference. This will be an excellent opportunity for economists working on development issues to share their ongoing research with a wide...

The ERF 26th Annual Conference was due to take place in Luxor, Egypt in March but has been postponed until later in the year. The main theme of the plenary sessions will be Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a Framework for MENA’s Development Policy. Global trends are defined as...

We welcome submissions of individual papers in any field of development economics from researchers based in the Nordic countries and elsewhere.

The conference aims at bringing together Nordic and international scholars for the exchange of ideas and discussion of recent results within theoretical and applied development economics research. We welcome submissions of individual papers in any field of development economics from researchers...

The original intention behind the ‘Doha Round’ of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was to promote the integration of developing countries into the world trading system. The collapse of the round in 2008 led to pessimism over whether the pursuit of such a ‘development-based’ agenda is...

The theme of the plenary sessions this year is Democracy and Economic Development. The themes of the parallel sessions are always varied enough to accommodate diverse research interests. Submissions for presentations in the parallel sessions may be made under the following areas: 1....

In the past 200 years, the world has experienced unprecedented economic development as well as profound demographic changes. Many dimensions of these dynamic processes are not well understood. What are the underlying forces behind the different dimensions of economic and demographic development,...

The main theme of the plenary sessions this year is Equity and Economic Development. The sub-themes of the parallel sessions are varied and broad to accommodate diverse research interests. As before, submissions for presentations in the parallel sessions this year can be made under the following...