The CICSE Lectures on Growth and Development
 
Inequality and the Process of Development
by Oded Galor (Brown University)

8-10 June 2009
University of Naples “Parthenope”, Villa Doria d’Angri, via Petrarca n. 80
Naples, Italy

The CICSE (Centro Interuniversitario Crescita & Sviluppo Economico, http://cicse.ec.unipi.it/) announces that the second “CICSE Lectures on Growth and Development”, in collaboration with the Department of Economics, University “Parthenope” of Naples, will be delivered by Prof. Oded Galor, Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA http://www.econ.brown.edu/fac/Oded_Galor/.

The CICSE Lectures are planned to provide invited scholars with the opportunity to recollect and reorganize their ideas, to present them in a more general format, to provide proofs of special cases or some empirical studies that in short presentations like that of an article of a journal cannot be exhaustively treated, and to provide deeper analyses of some points. Once delivered a set of Lectures are collected in a book published by Cambridge University Press in the “CICSE Lectures on Growth and Development” Series. The first set of Lectures were delivered by Stephen J. Turnovsky on "Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth in a Small Open Economy" and the book is currently in press.

The three Lectures by Professor Galor are on " Inequality and the Process of Development". More precisely they are on

Lecture 1 (June 8, afternoon):     From the Classical and Neoclassical Approach to The Modern Perspective
Lecture 2 (June 9, morning):       A Unified Approach
Lecture 3(June 10, morning):      Inequality and Growth Promoting Human Capital Policies

All interested scholars are free to attend the CICSE Lectures at Villa Doria d’Angri, via Petrarca 80
Naples, Italy, but they need to be registered within May 20, 2009. Registration is possible through the page http://cicse.ec.unipi.it/content/inequality_and_the_process_of_development.html
where further information on the Lectures are found.

Call for Posters

The afternoon of the 9th will be devoted to a Poster Session with the Oded Galor’s participation. The deadline for delivering a poster is postponed to April 20, 2009. The application requires an abstract sent to cicse-lecture@ec.unipi.it.

Maximum 1 page length abstract  (including Title, Authors, Institutional Affiliation, JEL Classification and Key-words) will be printed and provided to CICSE Lectures participants.

Poster Format:

• Allowed poster area will be maximal 70cm (width) x 100cm (high).
• Means of attaching the poster to the space will be provided to you at the Conference.
• Posters may be prepared as a single poster or as several smaller sections mounted together.
• Business cards or small leaflet literature for distribution may be inserted in an envelope and affixed to the mounting surface.

Suggestions:

• Title, Authors and Institutional Affiliation:  Prepare a six inch strip at the top that runs the length of the poster.  In this strip, include the title of the research, authors, and institutional affiliations. Lettering height should be no less than three inches.  The text of the paper should be visible from as far away as one metre.
• Abstract: Display a one-page typed abstract on the paper in the upper-left hand corner of the display, directly under the title strip.  It must be readable from one metre and half away.
• Hypotheses, Graphs and Tables:  If clearly stated and simply displayed, these allow the reader to understand the research without extensive written explanation.  Briefly identify the research design and relevant literature as well.
• Clear Sequence: The layout of your findings should follow the sequence of the paper clearly.  Numbering figures or using arrows greatly aid the reader's quick absorption of material.
• Avoid Clutter: Do not clutter the presentation with too many figures and avoid too much written material. The benefit of the poster presentations is the reliance on graphical display to spark interest in reading the entire paper.  More open space is easier on the eye and its simplicity supports the clarity of presentation.

Download the pdf version