Past events
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Indonesia Update 2013: Regional dynamics in a decentralised Indonesia
The 2013 Indonesia Update brings together leading experts to examine Indonesia’s regional diversity and dynamics in the wake of two far-reaching, interrelated reforms – democratisation and decentralisation – which have transformed the country’s socio-economic development and political economy.
Social policy in an age of austerity: Reflections from Europe
Europe is facing many challenges arising from the economic crisis, globalisation and an ageing society. Social policy throughout Europe is adapting in response. Professor Joakim Palme will reflect on the variety of political, social and economic forces at play and provide an overview of the record and potential of ‘social investment’ approaches.
Asian trade strategies: Regional and global trade arrangements
With Australia hosting the G20 in 2014, it is both timely and important to address the relevant issues in regional and global trade. This public forum brings together distinguished experts to discuss regional agreements and the global trading system.
Global solutions: Are international organisations up to the challenge of providing global public goods for development?
The most serious problems facing developing countries are increasingly international in nature and call for cooperation at regional or global levels. In this forum panelists discussed what it will take for international organisations to play a more effective role in dealing with global challenges important for development.
Political subjectification around digital media in post 3.11 Japan
This lecture explores the diverse ways in which social media has facilitated new forms of political engagement during the last three years.
Tapping the Market: Opportunities for domestic investments in water and sanitation for the poor
Throughout the developing world, millions of people lack access to safe water and sanitation, which has high social and economic costs. Jaehyang So and Bob Warner presented the findings of The World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) recently published report ‘Tapping the Market: Opportunities for domestic investments in water and sanitation for the poor’.
How do we plan, campaign and work in development? The reality of doing development in complex systems
How do you plan, campaign and work in development when you don’t know what is going to happen or what solutions will work? In this talk, Duncan Green asked what we should do differently to try to adapt to the messiness of reality.
Pareto improvements under matching mechanisms in a public good economy
In this seminar Larry Liu will provide an overview of his recent paper, ‘Pareto improvements under matching mechanisms in a public good economy’, which investigates Pareto-improving equilibria under various matching schemes with two heterogeneous players of the Cobb-Douglas utility function.
Society for Risk Analysis – Australia and New Zealand (SRA-ANZ) 7th Annual Conference
The Society for Risk Analysis – Australia and New Zealand (SRA-ANZ) 7th Annual Conference looks at new developments in risk assessment, risk governance, risk perception and risk communication.
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