The aim of the present symposium is to get a handle on this confusing picture of economics. We invite papers that appraise, criticize, or evaluate the economics-made-fun genre (books such as Freakonomics) from the perspective of the nature, scope and success (or failure) of economics as a...

The theme of 2010 conference is ‘Agriculture and the Wealth of Nations’, aiming to explore the importance of agriculture as well as the relationship and interaction between agriculture and the whole economy. Topics: - Agriculture and the Macro-economy - Agriculture and Economic Development -...

The main topics of this conference include, but are not limited to: - Agricultural risk analysis and management, such as: Agricultural risk identification; agricultural risk analysis and assessment; modeling agricultural risk; agricultural risk management: methods and strategy - Agricultural...

WICaNeM 2010 offers sessions in both established and new tracks, such as: • development impact of agrifood chains • biorefinery, green technology, and biobased business • medical and health networks • innovation intermediaries, clusters and valleys • 21st century agro-production •...

The year 2010 is 10 years after the coming into force of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL), the most widely-ratified international labour convention, and it is 6 years ahead of the global target of eliminating the WFCL. While the global movement has achieved much...

The global economic crisis has had dramatic effects on businesses active in Asia. With this in mind, ECAs, multilaterals and development banks are playing an increasing role to facilitate global trade and investments in and out of Asia. The Development and Agency Finance Asia Conference is a key...

The Conference will focus on the fundamental issues related to the development of agricultural statistics within an integrated national statistical system. Through discussion and debate, the Conference will provide a forum to facilitate a better understanding of the relationship between...

Main themes: - Value added creation and supply chain management in a globalising world; - Towards a new food policy: supply chain developments and interactive policy making; - Transparency and social responsibility in an international context.

The objective of the conference is to further our understanding from an empirical perspective of developments in China and other transition economies (e.g. Russia, CIS, Eastern Europe, Vietnam) in the areas of the measurement of growth, productivity and other macroeconomic aggregates, as well as...

We hope to move away from the perspective of African ‘victimhood’ by stressing ‘African agency’. Originating in nineteenth-century philosophical discourse, the theme of ‘Structure and Agency’ has been adopted in many academic disciplines. The conference also allows for a...