Development Studies

Conference Contributions / Others

• Namsuk Kim discussed the Topic "Integrating a Child Rights Perspective in Poverty and Social Impact Analysis" (Presentation) at the at the UNICEF-Fordham University Joint Forum Child Friendly Budgets for 2010 and Beyond: Toward Global Economic Recovery with a Human Face on February 19, 2010, in New York, NY.

• Nina Thelen presented the Paper "Social Protection in Fiscal Stimulus Packages: Some Evidence" (Presentation) at the UNICEF-Fordham University Joint Forum Child Friendly Budgets for 2010 and Beyond: Toward Global Economic Recovery with a Human Face on February 18, 2010, in New York, NY.

• Yanchun Zhang presented the Paper "Discounting in the Context of Climate Change Economics: The Policy Implications of Uncertainty and Global Asymmetries" (Presentation) at the Princeton-China EEE (Economy, Environment and Energy) Forum on November 4, 2009, in Shanghai, China.

• Namsuk Kim chaired the Session "Human Development Implication of Economic Crises and Policy Responses" at the 68th International Atlantic Economic Conference on October 10, 2009, in Boston, MA. He presented the Paper "The Asymmetric Impact of Growth Fluctuation on Human Development" (Presentation) by Pedro Conceição and Namsuk Kim.

• Namsuk Kim presented the Paper "Economic Shocks and Human Development: A Review of Empirical Findings" at the Project to Measure the Effects of the Economic Crisis on Social Indicators on June 1, 2009, in Ciudad del Saber, Panama.
• Pedro Conceição and Ronald U. Mendoza published the Article "Is the Global Food Crisis Over?" on April 18, 2009, on VoxEU.
• Heloisa Marone gave an Invited Lecture on "Global Imbalances" at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, on March 30, 2009, in New York, NY.
• Namsuk Kim presented the Paper "Impact of Extreme Climate Events on Educational Attainment: Evidence from Cross Section Data and Welfare Projection" (Presentation) and discussed the Paper "North American Alternative Scenarios: Immigration Reform, NAFTA and the Global Economy" by Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda et al. (Presentation) at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference on February 27 - March 1, 2009, in New York, NY.
• Heloisa Marone presented the Discussion Note "Some Effects of the Financial Crisis on the Developing World" at the Event Making Sense of the Financial Crisis for the Poor and Working Classes, hosted by Oxfam, on February 12, 2009, in Washington, DC.
• Yanchun Zhang discussed the Paper "Institutional Quality, Economic Policy and the Effect of Oil Shocks Across Industries" by Nicolas Depetris Chauvin (Discussion Note; Presentation) at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting 2009 on January 3 - 5, 2009, in San Francisco, CA.