From my colleague Paul Glewwe:
In the spring of 2016, the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota will host the 13th Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MIEDC) on Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, 2016, at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota. The guest speaker will be Michael Kremer, Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
We invite you, and any other interested faculty and graduate students in your department or elsewhere, to submit a paper to present at the conference. Papers on any topic related to international economic development are welcome. Submissions for an entire session (of 3 papers) are also welcome. Abstracts without papers will not be considered.
Deadline for submissions is January 6, 2016. Papers will be reviewed by a committee from the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin – Madison. You will be notified by January 31, 2016 whether your paper has been accepted.
Questions about submissions, contact: Paul Glewwe (pglewwe@umn.edu)
Submit papers to: Sadie Brendalen (will1945@umn.edu)
Information regarding the conference, including registration is now available at https://sites.google.com/a/
umn.edu/miedc/home