Institute for International Economic Policy

Event Archive

IIEP brings leading scholars and practitioners of international economic policy to GW to present and discuss their research and insights. These events are organized into:

• Research conferences, where groups of scholars and policymakers delve deeply into the most important issues of the day.
• Policy forums, where critical contemporary policy questions and issues are explored and debated.
• Academic seminars, where individual researchers present cutting-edge scholarly work.

Our events are open to the public. Please contact iiep@gwu.edu if you are interested in receiving regular notification of upcoming events.

Research Conferences

Conferences seek to bring cutting edge and vanguard research work to bear on the overall economic debate.

2010-2011

• Advances in Behavioral Finance
  Cosponsored by the International Monetary Fund Institute
• The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change in Low-Income Countries
  Cosponsored by the GWU Department of Economics and the Center for International Science and Technology Policy and in partnership with the World Bank Development Research Group and the United Nations Development Programme Environment and Energy Group (Global Environmental Finance Team)
• Human Rights, Development and Economic Growth - Metrics, New Ways of Thinking, and New Strategies
  Cosponsored by The Institute for Global and International Studies, the GW-Center for International Business Education & Research, the Bertelsmann Foundation, and the World Bank Poverty and Equity unit (PREM Network)
• 19th Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics with special sessions on "Nonlinear Aspects of the Financial Crisis: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses"
  In Partnership with the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics and the George Washington University Economics Department
• Washington Area International Trade Symposium
  In Partnership with: Georgetown University, The World Bank, Johns Hopkins University, Federal Reserve Board, and The University of Maryland - College Park
• 3rd Annual G2 at GW Conference on Chinese Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations

2009-2010

• Financial Regulation and Supervision: Lessons from the Global Crisis
  Cosponsored by the International Monetary Fund Institute
• Policy Comparisons and Business Perspectives: The Coal and Solar Sectors in China, U.S.A. and Germany
  Joint with the National Center for Sustainable Development
• Is Fairer Trade Compatible with Freer Markets? Conference on the relationship between fair trade and free markets
  Cosponsored by the Government of the Netherlands, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Financial Times
• 2nd Annual G2 at GW Conference on Chinese Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations
• The Day Before: A Conference on the Security Implications of Climate Change
  Cosponsored with the American Security Project

2008-2009

• Antidumping Use Across the World : Focuses on the divergence and commomnality between nations' use of antidumping measures
• NAFTA at 15 : Provides analysis on the trade agreements progress and its future
• 1st Annual G2 at GW : Conference on Chinese Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations

2007-2008

• Symposium on New Directions for Research on Microfinance

Policy Forums

Forums seek to bring insight from top officials here in Washington, DC while also providing perspective from scholars at IIEP and at the GW Department of Economics

• International Trade and Finance: Focuses on trade and its implications for financial flows and how finance impacts trade flows as well
• Poverty and Inequality: Focuses on the impact of poverty and inequality on overall economic performance and trends

Academic Seminars

Seminars include work conducted by the GW Department of Economics and focus on specific areas of studies such as Trade and Development, Regionalism, as well as others

• Trade And Development: Focuses on trade and its implications for global, regional, and country level development paradigms
• Past Trade and Development Workshops:
• 2009-2010 Academic Year
• 2008-2009 Academic Year
• 2007-2008 Academic Year
• Regionalism Seminar: Focuses on the implications for regional economic development