2^nd International Conference on Modelling of Growth, Development and Poverty Alleviation, Kathmandu, Nepal: October 11-13, 2008

Applied and theoretical papers are invited for an international conference on poverty alleviation. Modelling of technological advancement, process of human and physical capital formation, development of clean energy and environment, transport and telecommunication networks, direct foreign investment and policy reforms for rapid growth with redistribution and social justice that can bring sustainable growth with democratic and market oriented policies in developing countries like Nepal will be more appreciated.

There are many questions that bother people in a developing economy. How to provide basic needs for majority of population living below the poverty line? How can poverty be alleviated in a shortest span of time? What sort of policies can guarantee education and health for all? What sort of policies can create gainful employment? How can these economies solve gender biases in economic opportunities particularly in relation to access to education and jobs? How can they resolve conflicts and maintain cooperation required for peaceful structural transformation of their economies? How can they learn from the experience of advanced economies in the West and in the East? How can they learn from emerging giants such as China and India? What are the roles of households, firms and government in process of rapid economic growth? How can they choose optimal trade and tax policies? How can they develop natural recourses such as hydro-electricity and massive manpower? How can developing economies raise regional and international cooperation? What are the problems of running efficient business organisations or making national and local government more efficient? How can private corporations adopt better production techniques? How can they train their work for to raise productivity? What sorts of financial sector policies are helpful in assuring the efficient mobilisation of resources? How should these economies resolve mergers and acquisition, union-firm bargaining, marketing issues? What are strategic choices of these economies in a competitive global economy? How can they gain efficiency from privatisation? What sort of model can explain the process of national development clearly? How can they develop skills for negotiations and settlements, incentives and mechanism on important issues? What kind of models explain dynamics of consumption, saving, investment or rural credits in these economies? What sorts of models can be used for settlement of disputes relating to political economy? What sort models can be used to explain links between nations, states, regions, or across countries? It is hoped that the conference will bring intellectuals who have worked in these issues for many years to find more accurate and efficient answers to these difficult questions.

Paper should be submitted by September 1^st, 2008. Acceptance of papers for the conference will be notified by September 15^th, 2008. Selected papers presented in the conference will be published in a conference volume.