Here is another call for papers for a development conference:
“2011 Bolivian Conference on Development Economics (BCDE 2011)
La Paz, November 14 and 15, 2011
Published July 5, 2011
Category: Development
Published June 30, 2011
Call for Papers: 2011 NEUDC Conference
I forgot to post this when I first received it. But having just submitted myself, I was reminded of this call for papers:
Brookings: Spectacularly Wrong on Food Prices
As an academic, I like the Brookings Institution. As an academic in a policy school, I like that they have a long history of conducting rigorous policy analyses and believe Brookings has contributed positively to public policy scholarship throughout the years. As a development economist, the Brookings Africa Growth Forum is one of the best conferences I have ever had the chance to attend.
But everyone is wrong from time to time, sometimes spectacularly so. From a piece posted on the Brookings Institution website back a few months ago: