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International Conference
From Transition to Development
Globalisation and the Political Economy of Development in Transition Economies

Sarajevo, 10-11 October 2003


FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS


The Faculty of Economics at the University of Sarajevo, together with CID 
(Centre for International Development, Bologna), the Department of Economic 
Sciences at the University of Bologna, CERT (Centre for Economic Reform and 
Transformation) at the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, The World Bank 
Country Office Bosnia and Herzegovina and UNDP Country Office Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, jointly organise the International Conference on Globalisation and 
the Political Economy of Development in Transition Economies * From Transition 
to Development, which will take place on Oct 10th and 11th, 2003 in Sarajevo 
(BH).

The Conference Organising Committee invites academics, scholars and 
professionals to submit their papers for the Conference. Deadline for 
submission are shown below.


Conference Background

The huge gap in incomes that divides the world's rich and poor nations is the 
fundamental economic fact of our time. Since the starting points for most of 
the countries in the world were not as far apart as today before the industrial 
revolution, it is clear that the explanation must be sought in some differences 
in the long-term growth rates of per-capita income. The interest of development 
economists has recently focused on four major areas of research: the 
determinants of long-term growth; inequality and disparity in the levels of 
income, as well as poverty and famine; sustainable development and the lack, 
exhaustion and limited access to resources; and the role of institutions and 
laws. Economic development can be attributed, broadly speaking, to three 
factors: geography, i.e. natural resources and endowments; integration, i.e. 
trade and openness; and institutions, i.e. rules and norms as well as social 
capital.

Against this background*and the four major themes*economics of transition has 
centred on the consequences of the fall of centralised planned economies 
(within socialist political systems) and the adoption of decentralised markets. 
Transition economics has thus focused on themes like privatisation and the 
diminished role of the State in market economies, liberalisation, 
restructuring, public finance, the political economy of large-scale economic 
reforms.
From a long-run perspective, transition from an economic system to another has 
obviously important implications for economic development. Yet, since most of 
the literature on transition has focused on the relatively high-income 
countries of Central Europe, the typical themes of development have been 
neglected in this literature. As it turns out, issues like inequality, poverty, 
institutions, trade and growth are as important to transition economies as to 
any other developing economy.


Conference Topics

Long-term differences in economic growth in developing and transition economies
Income distribution, inequality and poverty in developing and transition 
economies
Integration and trade: the effects of regional trade agreements, openness, and 
trade liberalisation on growth in developing and transition economies
The role of norms, institutions and social capital in transition and developing 
economies
Human capital, unemployment and the working of labour markets in developing and 
transition economies
Enterprise development and corporate management in developing and transition 
economies
Entrepreneurship, management and marketing in transition economies
Macroeconomic issues in developing and transition economies: monetary and 
exchange rate policies; debt and sovereignty; foreign aid and foreign direct 
investment
The political economy of transition: social capital, political context and the 
ethnic/religious/cultural dimension of development
Financing development of transition economies and globalisation

The Conference will focus on the economic, political and social aspects of 
development of Countries in Transition, with particular emphasis on Bosnia and 
Herzegovina and all the Balkan countries.


Scientific Committee

Pier Giorgio Ardeni, CID and University of Bologna
Vesna Babić - Hodović, University of Sarajevo
Boľidar Cerović, University of Beograd
Besim Ćulahović, University of Sarajevo, Head of the Centre for International 
Cooperation
Petar Filipić, University of Split
Vojmir Franičević, University of Zagreb
Branko Horvat, University of Zagreb
Joseph Ingram, World Bank
Hartmut Lehmann, CERT, Heriot-Watt University,  Edinburgh and IZA, Bonn
Domenico Mario Nuti, University of Roma «La Sapienza»
Milan Panić, University of Cambridge
Christos Pitelis, University of Cambridge
Janez Praąnikar, University of Ljubljana
Davor Savin, University of Maribor
Mark Schaffer, CERT, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Dragoljub Stojanov, University of Sarajevo, Chair of Scientific Committee


Paper Submission and Selection

Contributed papers will be selected through a blind review process of a 
Extended Abstracts (approximately 200 - 300 words) which should contain a clear 
indication of the purpose of the research and its relationship with the 
Conference topics, the approach used, the major results, and the implications.

Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings.


Guidelines for Authors

·        The official language of the Conference is English.
·        Papers should be sent  in a Microsoft Word for Windows (6.0 or higher) 
format.
·        Papers should be no longer than 20 pages (30-lines A4 format).
·        Margins: all 2.5 cm or 1 inch, single-spaced, 12pt Times New Roman.
·        First page, top half: Title, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Address(es),
·        Telephone and fax number(s), E-mail(s), Track indication, Abstract (no 
more than 100 words), Key Words (no more than four words).
·        First page, bottom half: start of text. The text should be aligned on 
left margin.
·        The Title of the paper should be centred, in bold capital letters.
·        Section headings should be numbered in appropriate order, flush left, 
in capital letters.
·        Tables and figures should be included in the text.
·        References should be indicated in the text by consecutive numbers.
·        Reference and citation style should follow AMA (www.ama.org) or JMM 
(www.sagepub.co.uk) format. References must be placed at the end of the 
document. Please write the book, journal, or paper series in italics; as in the 
following example:
Carsky, M., R. Dickinson and C. Canedy (1998), "The Evolution of Quality in 
Consumer Goods," Journal of Macromarketing, 18 (2), 132-144.
·        The reference section, including all citations used, must be included 
in the paper's numbered pages.
·        Entries should appear in alphabetical order. If several works are 
cited for any given author, write out the name of the author each time the name 
appears.

Important dates and deadlines

Extended abstracts should be submitted by e-mail no later than June 15th, 2003, 
with a clear indication of the authors, affiliations and contacts in the 
separate page, to allow for the blind review process.
Contact authors will be notified only upon acceptance of their paper abstract 
by June 30th, 2003.
Papers should be submitted by e-mail no later than August 31st, 2003.


Conference Fee


Participants                            BAM     EURO
Participants with accepted papers*      147      75
Other participants*                     391     200
Students**                               78      40
Accompanying persons***                 196     100

1 EUR = 1.95583 BAM
*    Included: a bag with the Conference Proceedings and other promotion 
materials, refreshments during session breaks and participation in social events
**   Included: refreshments during session breaks and participation in social 
events
*** Included: participation in social events

Special guests, key-note speakers and authors of invited papers will be 
excluded of payment of the conference atttendance fee.

The Conference fee can be paid either in cash upon registration at the 
Conference or by direct bank transfer.

Payments in foreign currency by direct bank transfer should be done at the 
following account:
UNIVERZAL BANKA (for the Faculty of Economics Sarajevo)
Transaction account:                                    165 0011 00000 2584
Account of the Faculty of Economics:      5010164 E 0002
Swift code: UNIVBA2S
(The payment is related to »Conference fee for ICES 2003«.)


Please not that we should receive the payment of the Conference fee from 
authors of accepted abstracts within 15 days after the notification of 
acceptance of their paper abstracts in order to include papers into the 
Conference Proceedings.




Contact Information

Abstracts and papers should be sent to:
Centre for International Cooperation
Faculty of Economics
Sarajevo, BH
Attn Ass. Prof. Besim Ćulahović, Ph.D.
e-mail: ices@efsa.unsa.ba