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...

The main theme of the plenary sessions this year is "The New Normal in the Global Economy: Challenges and Prospects for MENA". Three plenaries are considered to address these issues. First, what do MENA countries need to do to lay the foundation for sustained growth under the New Normal: lessons...

The 23rd Annual Conference provides a unique opportunity for regional researchers to interact with international peers and with each another. It also provides a venue for the presentation of multiple research papers, both in the plenary and parallel sessions, with stimulating discussions and...

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,...

Papers from economists and researches from other disciplines working on issues of language policy are solicited. The following is a non-exhaustive list of possible specific themes of individual contributions: - languages and economic efficiency (e.g. languages in the labor market, language as a...

The purpose of the conference is to bring together CESifo members to present and discuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any topic within the broad...

The purpose of the conference is to bring together CESifo members to present and discuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any topic within the broad...

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...