Ester Boserup was one of the pioneers of an integrated theoretical approach to questions of development and sustainability. 2010 marks the centennial of her birth. The Ester Boserup Conference 2010 "Long-term trajectories in population, gender relations, land use, and the environment" wishes to...

Key Issues to be discussed at this year’s event will include: • How do lenders view the syndicated loan market in CEE? • What do borrowers expect from their bankers? • What are the preferred structures for leveraged finance? • Will there be a continued dominance of bank loans in the...

In response to the financial crisis of 2007-2009, a number of countries are currently reconsidering and changing the setup of their financial supervisory system. In a large number of countries, central banks will be given a more prominent role, in micro- and especially in macro-prudential...

Theme: “Catching-Up Strategies after the Crisis” Session 1 - Catching-Up Prospects after the Crisis Panel 1 - Challenges for Monetary Policy in the CESEE Region Session 2 - The New Role of Growth Financing Session 3 - The New Role of Exports Session 4 - The Catching-Up Experience of the...

The aim of conference is to discuss different perspectives on scaling and governance issues. The starting point is that scaling and governance deserve more attention as a combination, not just in separate studies. We look at this integration as a major challenge for both the social, economic and...

The conference will be structured around five themes: - Social institutions and ecosystem changes - Managing tradeoffs between multiple ecosystem services - Resilience and vulnerability of social and ecosystems to climate change - Biodiversity, ecosystem change and human wellbeing - Drivers of...

The Swiss Finance Institute is pleased to invite you to a SFI breakfast seminar. Speaker: Professor Xiaodong Zhu from the University of Toronto Topic: China’s Capital Markets and Growth China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there have been debates over the...

Als Sitz der Europäischen Zentralbank und der Deutschen Bundesbank ist die Main-Metropole geld- und währungspolitisch von internationaler Bedeutung. Der Finanzplatz Frankfurt bildet nicht nur geografisch das Herz der europäischen Finanzbranche. Hier entsteht die Geldstabilität für ganz...

The National Asset-Liability Management congress provides a unique platform where state-owned funds, including central bank reserves, social security funds, state pension funds, investment authorities and stabilisation funds, meet and discuss the strategies to overcome the challenges they...

Die Konferenz spannt den thematischen Bogen über *Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing und Informationslogistik *bis hin zu* Unternehmensarchitektur, Integration und Serviceorientierung. *In mehr als 20 Vorträgen führender Experten und Wissenschaftler werden innovative Konzepte,...