Events
Long-term effects of Agent Orange on health capital in Vietnam
The authors examine the long-term effects of the spraying of deforestation chemicals by the US military on the prevalence of disability among civilians born after the Vietnam war ended.
In search of social protection: The government of poverty and the evolution of entitlements on Indonesia’s rural periphery
Crawford School’s John McCarthy gives the Anthropology Seminar on In search of social protection on Wednesday 2 Oct 2019 from 9.30am - 11.00am at the Marie Reay Teaching Centre.
Vietnam: political and economic challenges and opportunities
The one-day conference discusses the constitutional (rule of law) history in Vietnam, and examines the nature of Vietnam’s polity and compares it with China’s. It also traces the impact of internal and external forces on the reform of the legal system and state institutions in Vietnam.
De facto bank bailouts
The paper presented in this seminar shows that the likelihood a defaulting sovereign is granted an IMF loan is increasing with US banks’ exposures to its country.
Determinants of productivity growth: a firm level analysis of Vietnam
Hai Thanh Nguyen presents her PhD findings on Vietnamese manufacturing productivity.
The intergenerational behavioural consequences of a socio-political upheaval
Xin Meng argues that descendants of those affected by China’s Cultural Revolution are less trusting, less trustworthy, and less likely to choose to compete than those whose predecessors were not affected.
Labour regulation shift and stagnation of labour-intensive manufacturing sector
Nurina Merdikawati presents her PhD research on the employment impacts of restrictive labour market regulations in Indonesia.
Political management: what is it and why should we care?
In this lecture, Associate Professor Jennifer Lees-Marshment from the University of Auckland looks at political management and how it is more of a dance than a march, involving the unseen and the informal, and requiring artful and tactful leadership to draw on and extend diverse sources of power.
The internal brain drain: foreign aid, hiring practices, and international migration
In this seminar, Dr Nicolas Lemay-Hébert discussed the difficult policy choices facing development and humanitarian organisations when every set of policies addressing one side of the equilibrium is bound to impact the other.
Improving the health of nations: a workshop with Nigel Edwards
This workshop will cover a range of examples of practical enablers proven to lead to system-wide improvements, with the opportunity to compare and contrast approaches in different countries and in different contexts.
Is anti-coal anti-poor? Constructing a transnational narrative for climate justice
Ruchira Talukdar talks about anti-coal and anti-poor on 17 October from 12.30 to 1.30 pm at Crawford School. Come to join us.
Genesis is in the air: does an airline boom stimulate innovation?
Inggrid presents her PhD findings on air passenger traffic and innovation.
Great Green Debate
Addressing climate change has become a matter of existential and urgent concern. Each year, ANU Learning Communities has been engaging in these discussions through the Great Green Debate. This year the panel will discuss on the question: ‘Should Australia declare a climate emergency?’
Arndt-Corden Department of Economics 2019 Open Forum
The Arndt-Corden Department of Economics 2019 Open Forum is an opportunity for all ACDE and Crawford staff, students and interested members of the public to come together, learn about each other’s research and discuss the major economic challenges facing Asia and the World.
Malaysia Institute: Malaysian Economic Outlook Symposium
This symposium sets out and discusses the findings of a major new report on economic policy and progress one year into the new Malaysian administration (Malaysia 2019: Economy, politics and Australian relations).
US-China relations and America's Asian partners
A public lecture on ‘US-China relations & America’s Asian partners’ by Professor David M. Lampton, Director of SAIS-China, Johns Hopkins University.
Shaping room for manoeuver: a political ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia
In this seminar, David Aled Williams from SOAS University of London will talk about the political ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia.
Overinvestment and uncertainty: Evidence from renewable and non-renewable resource firms
This study examines the tendency of resource firms to overinvest induced by business cycles and uncertainties. The analysis is conducted using unbalanced panel data of 596 resource companies in 32 countries between 1986 and 2017 in four resource sectors: (1) alternative energy; (2) forestry and paper; (3) mining; and (4) oil and gas producers. The overall results suggest a positive uncertainty-overinvestment relationship.
Mining fiscal systems and resource rents: evidence from oil and gas producing countries
Abdul Nasir presents his PhD research showing that resource rent taxes can improve the economic performance of oil and gas extraction.
What motivates giving? Three things learned from field experiments with charity and foundation partners
Join Professor Petrie as she present evidence on motives and barriers to giving.
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