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50TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ANNOUNCEMENT/ CALL FOR PAPERS
The 50th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) will hold in Abuja between 28th and 30th September 2009. The NES is offering its Golden Jubilee Conference as a platform for all interested economists, social scientists, policy makers, labor unions, multilateral and bilateral organizations as well as Non-governmental organizations to contribute towards rethinking economics, economic policy and the transformation of the Nigerian Economy at a time of great global economic challenges.
Conference Theme
POLICY EFFECTIVENESS AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF NIGERIA IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY IN CRISIS
Sub-themes for the Concurrent Sessions:
- Policy Making and Policy Effectiveness in Nigeria:
- The Causes and the Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on Nigeria's Trading Partners:
- The Causes and the Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on Nigeria:
- The Global Economic Crisis in Historical Context:
- The Evaluation of the Responses Government to the Global Financial Crisis:
- Rethinking Economics and the Global Economic System:
- Structural Transformation of the Nigeria Economy:
Other Conference Activities:
- Plenary Sessions on the Teaching of Economics and Academic Writing for Economists
- Special Session of all Heads of Departments of Economics
- Round Table: Nigeria and the Global Economy in Crisis: Strategic Options for the Transformation of the Nigerian Economy
Submission of Papers
Authors wishing to present conceptual, theoretical, empirical, case country and cross country studies and papers at the Conference are invited to submit papers on any of the Conference sub-themes for the consideration of the Conference Editorial Committee from April 1, 2009 electronically to the Conference Editor at sarahanyanwu2003@yahoo.com and to the NES Secretariat at njess@nigerianeconomicsociety.org. Papers may also be submitted in hard copies (three copies) to: The Conference Editor, National Secretariat, The Nigerian Economic Society, Department of Economics, U.I. P.O. Box 22004, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. All authors should indicate the sub-theme their papers fit into.
Important Dates
July 31, 2009 - Deadline for submissions of papers
July 31, 2009 - Notification of Decision on Paper
August 15, 2009 - Registration and payment of registration fees
September 27, 2009 - Arrival
September 28-30, 2009 - 50th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Society
October 1, 2009 - Departure
For further enquiries, please
- visit our website: www.nigerianeconomicsociety.org;
- call +234 - 2 - 8700395, 08036130284, 08062307559 or
- email the Conference Editor, Professor Sarah O. Anyanwu : sarahanyanwu2003@yahoo.com
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