XIV April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development

On April 2-5, 2013,the XIV HSE April International Aca-demic Conference on Economic and Social Development will be hosted by theNational Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) with support of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The Conference Program Committee is chaired by Professor Evgeny Yasin. The plenary sessions of the Conference will feature senior Russian Government officials including representatives of the Presidential Administration, high-level representatives of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the CEOs of several largest Russian and international companies. Special issues of the Conference are “Global Economic Crisis and Russian Economy” and “Institutions and New Social Policy”. The plenary sessions, including selected honorary papers, sessions and round tables, will be devoted to the special issues of the Conference. After the plenary sessions over the following days parallel sessions and round tables on the problems of economic and social development will be held. Within the conference a special session will be organized with the presentation of the results of HSE international research laboratories.