Development Economics (ABCDE)

April 30-May 1, 1997, Washington, D.C., United States

Inaugurated by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, and sponsored by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Senior Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist. Topics include Corruption: catalysts and constraints (Michael Johnston and Susan Rose-Ackerman); Incentives and performance in public organizations (Sherwin Rosen, Bruce Weinberg, and Dilip Mookherjee); Poverty and environment (Karl Goran-Maler and Ramon Lopez); and Leaders in growth: can others follow? (Alberto Alesina and Takatoshi Ito). Participation by non-Bank and non-IMF staff is by invitation only.

Information: Boris Pleskovic or Gregory Ingram, Research Advisory Staff, World Bank, 1818 H Street, N.W., Room N7-031, Washington, D.C. 20433, United States tel. 202-473-1062, fax 202-522-0304.

Human Resources Management: Interaction of the Western and Eastern European Management Cultures

May 22-23, 1997, Jurmala, Latvia

Organizer: LBS Exhibitions and Conferences.

Information: Latvian Business School, 1 Maza Pils Str., Riga, LV 1050 Latvia, tel. 371-721-1186, fax 371-722-4429, Email: lbs@mailbox.riga.lv.

Economic Research Conference: Market Distortions of the Shadow Economy

June 10, 1997, Kyiv, Ukraine

Organizer: Economic Education and Research Consortium (EERC), Economics, M.A. Program, University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

The purpose of the conference is to stimulate research on the functioning of markets whose operation is hampered or distorted by the shadow economy, inadequate legal foundations, secrecy, rent-seeking, and corruption. Participants will include Ukrainian and foreign scholars, government officials, members of the business community, representatives of foreign assistance organizations, and EERC faculty members and students. Four panels, including a number of invited papers, commentary, and open discussion, will be held. Paper presentations are only by invitation of the program director.

Information: Email: sasha@eerc.kiev.ua; or by fax 011-38-044-417-7395.

China as a Global Economic Power: Market Reforms in the New Millennium

June 15-18, 1997, Shanghai Hilton, China

Organizer: Cato Institute and Fudan University. This international conference features more than thirty leading experts, with sessions on China’s place in the global trading order; the future of China’s market economy; Hong Kong’s future; social developments in China; and building China’s institutional infrastructure.

Information: Julie Briggs, Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001, United States, tel. 202-789-5269, fax 202-842-3490.

World Bank Conference on Knowledge for Development in the Information Age

June 22-25, 1997, Toronto, Canada

The conference will bring together 1,200 ministers and senior policymakers from countries undergoing political and economic transitions, representatives of the international development community, private industry, NGOs, academic institutions, and opinion leaders to discuss the role of knowledge in economic growth and social development; new approaches and technologies in applied learning; and benefits of the information revolution.

Information: Latifah Alsegaf, World Bank, Economic Development Institute, 1818 H Street, N.W., Room M7-075, Washington, D.C., 20433, United States, tel. 202-473-6442, fax 202-676-0858, Email: GlobalKnowledge@worldbank.org.

Investments and Priorities in Development of St. Petersburg

September 23-28, 1997, St. Petersburg, Russia

Information: Lynn Brittingham, Regional Coordinator USA, tel. 1-800-862-5015, fax 215-862-0303.

Europe: A Chance for Enterprises and Shareholders

October 14-19, 1997, Chisinau, Moldova

Organizer: University of Grenoble.

Information: Ivan Samson, Chairman of Organizational Committee on EU, University of Grenoble, 1241 rue des Residences, BP 47 Grenoble, France, tel. 33-476-825-819, fax 33-476-825-862.

Banking and Finance in the Baltics ‘97

October 15-17, 1997, Riga, Latvia

Organizer: LBS Exhibitions and Conferences.

Information: Latvian Business School, 1 Maza Pils str., Riga, LV 1050 Latvia, tel. 371-721-1186, fax 371-722-4429, Email: lbs@mailbox.riga.lv, Internet: http://www.lvnet.lv/BFB96.

Third International Conference on Small and Medium Enterprise Development Policy in Transition Economies

October 16-17, 1997, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Organizer: Dr. Milford Bateman and Dr. Will Bartlett, Local Economic Development in Transition Economies Unit, School for Policy Studies, University of Wolverhampton.

Information: Dr. Milford Bateman, Local Economic Development in Transition Economies Unit, SLES, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, tel. 44-1902-322-324, fax 44-1902-322-739, Email: le1914@wlv.ac.uk.

Europe

November 3-5, 1997, Zittau, Germany

Organizer: Hochschule fuer Technik, Wirtschaft und Sozialwesen.

Seminar topics include Energy situation in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.