Third SITES/IDEAs Annual Conference

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1 Third SITES/IDEAs Annual Conference Società Italiana degli Economisti dello Sviluppo (SITES) Italian Development Economists Association (IDEAs) Models and policies for human development and sustainable growth Florence (Italy), September 2016 c/o University of Florence DISEI (Dipartimento di Scienze per l'economia e l'impresa) Via delle Pandette, Firenze With the financial support of DISEI Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence Scuola di Economia e Management, University of Florence DEM Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento Scientific Committee of the Conference Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo University of Roma Tor Vergata Simone Bertoli University of Auvergne Gianna Claudia Giannelli University of Florence Marcello D Amato University of Salerno Vito Peragine University of Bari Federico Perali University of Verona Furio Rosati University of Roma Tor Vergata Organizing Committee of the Conference Giuseppe Folloni Gianna Claudia Giannelli Donato Romano University of Trento University of Florence University of Florence

2 Conference Topics and Keynote Speakers Food security and Agriculture Rob Vos, FAO, Rome Micro-Macro and Gender Issues Development and Climate Change Macro and Income Distribution Karen Makours, Paris School of Economics, Carlo Carraro, Università Ca Foscari, Venezia, FEEM Foundation Maurizio Bussolo, World Bank Every session foresees the presentation of four papers. Parallel sessions will be organized if the number of submissions accepted will be sufficiently large. Conference language will be English. Program of the Conference: Thursday 29 th September :00 Arrival and registration 09:30 Conference Opening Welcome by the Director of the DISEI, University of Florence, Prof. Gaetano Aiello Opening statement by the President of SITES/IDEAs, Prof. Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo 10:00 First session: Rob Vos (FAO, Rome), Feeding the Planet. 13:15 Lunch break 15:00 Second session: Karen Macours (Paris School of Economics), Early childhood development, parental investment and social interactions 20:30 Conference dinner Friday 30 th September :00 Third session: Carlo Carraro (Ca Foscari University and FEEM Foundation), Climate change and economic development 13:15 Lunch break 15:00 Fourth session: Maurizio Bussolo (World Bank), Income distribution and inequality 19:30 Conference closure

3 Registration For the registration to the Conference: - you must be a member of SITES/IDEAs, or apply for membership when submitting your paper. To see how to apply to SITES/IDEAs click Membership fees are as follows: Juniors (PhD students and post-docs) 30 Seniors 60 - You can pay the above Membership Fee also when registering at the beginning of the conference (cash only). - For all participants members and non members of IDEAs/SITES the Conference Registration Fee is 40. People registering to the conference have access to a folder with info material, pen-drive with the papers selected, access to all sessions and coffee breaks. - To register fill the registration form attached to this file, and send it by (in pdf format) to sites.ideas@gmail.com by September 15 th, Paper Submission All those interested to present a paper at the Conference have to send by July 30, 2016 a text of it (see below the formatting instructions), to both the following addresses: sites.ideas@gmail.com roberto.ricciuti@univr.it By August 15 the Scientific Committee of the Conference will inform the authors of the papers that have been accepted for presentation at the Conference. As noted above, the people whose papers are accepted must be members of SITES/IDEAs or alternatively pay a contribution of 60 or 30 Euros (the annual membership fee for Senior and Junior people), either before the Conference, or during the registration. In any case they must register to the Conference. Formatting Instructions for Submitted Papers Manuscript must be submitted in English and in Microsoft Word (.doc) format or in LaTeX; Manuscript must be maximum 40 pages long, all included; Manuscript must include an abstract of 200 words maximum, up to 5 keywords and JEL classification ( Use 12 pt Times New Roman font, 1.5 space for all material, references and tables and 2 cm margins; Complete contact information of the corresponding author must appear only on the cover; Enumerate Section Headings by Arabic numbers using ALL CAPS. Leave one black line before and one after each Section. Write Subsection Headings in lower letters courier. Leave one black line only before the Subsection Tables and figures must be included within the text and enumerated consecutively using Arabic numbers. Place both Tables and Figures captions above them and the legend below.

4 Use only essential mathematical notations and number formulae consecutively; Footnotes rather than endnotes should be adopted. Use 10 pt Times New Roman font, 1.0 space; References must be listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. Other Information Social dinner The Social dinner will take place on Thursday 29 September at The cost of the dinner is 40. You can reserve a place using the registration form, or informing the organizers on arrival. Hotels The conference will not make hotel bookings, and accommodation costs are not included in conference fees. Florence is visited by many tourists throughout the year. Therefore, early bookings are highly recommended. Find below the list of some hotels, B&B and residences, that are minutes walking distance from the conference venue. Hotels Hilton Garden Inn Florence Novoli **** Via S. Pertini, 2/9, Firenze Starhotels Tuscany **** Via di Novoli 59, Firenze Nilhotel **** Via E. Barsanti 27 a/b, Firenze Cosmopolitan Hotel **** Via F. Baracca 187, Firenze Hotel Raffaello **** Viale G. Morgagni 19, Firenze B&B Hotel Firenze Novoli *** Viale A. Guidoni 101, Firenze B&B Hotel Firenze Nuovo Palazzo Di Giustizia *** Viale A. Guidoni 87, Firenze

5 B&B B&B da Mila Via del Ponte all Asse 16, Firenze B&B A-A Armonia e Accoglienza, via Tagliaferri 40, Firenze Residences Quadra Key Residence Residence: Via R. Bardazzi, 49, Firenze Villa Aruch Apartaments: Via della Villa 5, Firenze Villa Lucrezia Apartments: P.za G. Puccini 5, Firenze How to reach the conference venue The conference venue is at the Department of Economics and Business - Polo di Scienze Sociali, University of Florence - Via delle Pandette 9, building D Florence - IT You can reach the Department following the instructions available at

6 SITES-IDEAs Third Annual Conference Florence, September 29-30, 2016 Department of Economics and Business Polo di Scienze Sociali, Università degli Studi di Firenze via delle Pandette 9, building D Firenze Registration form (to be sent by September 15 th ) First Name Family Name Institution Position Mobile phone Conference Registration and Attendance Fees SITES-IDEAs membership fee (compulsory) Already paid 0 To pay 30 (junior) 60 (senior) Conference attendance fee (compulsory) 40 Social dinner (if you decide to attend it), per participant 40 TOTAL I ve paid through bank transfer to: Yours Faithfully, Società Italiana degli Economisti dello Sviluppo c/c 05/03/55991 presso Cassa Rurale di Aldeno, filiale di Trento, via Verdi IBAN IT 26 W BIC-SWIFT code: CCRT IT 2T 03A Date: Signature: Fill and sign the module, with the declaration of the payment done, and send it (in pdf format) by September 5 th to: sites.ideas@gmail.com.