Mon Nov 6 11:39:10 EST 2006
Call for Papers
Conference: Ragnar Nurkse (1907 - 2007):
Classical Development Economics and its Relevance
for Today August 31 - September 1, 2007 Tallinn,
Estonia
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and
The Other Canon Foundation, Norway, invite
abstract proposals for a conference commemorating
the hundredth anniversary of Ragnar Nurkse's
birth. Ragnar Nurkse's writings on economic
development and on the problems of finance are as
relevant today as they were when he wrote. This
conference will discuss Nurkse's work also in
relationship to his contemporaries in development
economics, and the common elements of development
economics from Antonio Serra to Nurkse -- among
them technology, finance, institutions, problems
of foreign ownership -- will be highlighted.
The conference includes a visit to Nurske
birthplace in K=E4ru estate, Esonia. Abstract
proposals no longer than 1,000 words should be
sent either to Erik S. Reinert at
erik.reinert at othercanon.org or to Rainer Kattel
at kattel at staff.ttu.ee. Deadline is December 31,
2006. Papers should be submitted by May 1, 2007.
=46or a selection of speakers, travel and
accommodation support will be available.
The papers will be published in an edited volume
=2E The conference is supported by the Estonian
Science Foundation.