CALL FOR THE VII LAPORDE

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 10TH

YSI Latin American and Caribbean and YSI Keynesian Economics Working Groups are sponsoring and there will be partial travel stipend for selected graduate students and young researchers.

CALL FOR THE VII LAPORDE

Dear friends,
We are pleased to announce the seventh edition of the Latin American Advanced Programme on Rethinking Macro and Development Economics (Laporde), that will be held in São Paulo (Brazil) from 8th to 12th of January 2018 at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). The programme will admit a selected group of young academics and provide them with lectures, discussions, and research workshops with leading scholars on cutting edge topics in macro and development economics from a number of critical perspectives.
There will be no tuition fees.

LIST OF CONFIRMED SPEAKERS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

  • Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Carlos – Emeritus Professor at FGV and former Minister of Finance, Federal Administration and Science and Technology
  • Chang, Ha-Joon – University of Cambridge
  • Kregel, Jan – Senior Scholar, Levy Institute, and professor, Tallinn University of Technology
  • Ocampo, Jose Antonio – Columbia University and former Secretary of Economics Issues at United Nations
  • Palma, Gabriel – University of Cambridge

For more information: http://cnd.fgv.br/node/585