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IARIW-ICRIER Conference on “Experiences and Challenges in Measuring Income, Inequality, and Poverty in South Asia” November 23–25, 2017, Delhi, India

The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), in partnership with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) announces a call for papers for the conference “Experiences and Challenges in Measuring Income, Inequality and Poverty in South Asia” which will take place at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi, India November 23–25, 2017

The objective of this special IARIW-ICRIER conference is to advance our understanding on issues related to income, inequality, and poverty in the countries of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and the Maldives) through an examination of past experiences related to the measurement of trends in these variables and the identification of future measurement challenges. Papers are invited in the following theme areas:

• National Accounts;

• Productivity;

• Poverty and Inequality;

• Human Capital and Education;

• Regional Integration and Global Value Chains;

• Well-being, including Health, Food Security and Hunger;

• Labour market, Skills and Jobs; and

• Structural Transformation in South Asia.

Papers may be on specific South Asian countries, comparisons between two or more South Asian countries, or comparisons between countries in South Asia and other parts of the world.

A program committee co-chaired by Deb Kusum Das (University of Delhi) and Barbara Fraumeni (Central University for Finance and Economics, China) and composed of experts in this research area will oversee the development of the conference program.

The IARIW can provide financial assistance to paper givers on a needs basis.

Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of the Review of Income and Wealth. Papers will be subjected to the standard RIW refereeing process.

Persons interested in presenting a paper at the conference are asked to submit a proposal of less than 1,000 words at http://iariw.org/paper_submission2017india.php. The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2017.

Additional information on the conference can be found at www.iariw.org/proposal2017india.pdf or by contacting IARIW Executive Director Andrew Sharpe at [email protected].