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TBA
Wednesday 5 May
, 2010
Speaker: Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, the India Development Foundation

TBA
Wednesday 14 April
, 2010
Speakers: Laza Kekic and Johan Hoey, Economist Intelligence Unit

"New Structural Economics and Development"
Thursday 21 January
, 2010, 15.45 - 17.00, the Aula Lecture Room
Speaker: Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics
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EBRD's Transition report 2009: Transition in crisis?
Speaker: Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President of EBRD
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Reformed IMF Lending in Crisis: Is It Working
Speakers: Ranjit S. Teja, Deputy Director and Lorenzo Giorgianni, Chief of the Emerging Market Division
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"Global Shock Wave: Asian Dimension of the 2008-10 Economic Crisis:
Thursday 12 November
, 14.30-16.00 the Ohlin Room
Speaker: Steven Rosefielde, Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina
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"The IMF's October 2009 Global Financial Stability Report: The Road to Recovery"
Wednesday 11 November, 11.30-13.00
, the Aula Lecture Hall
Speaker: Kristian Hartelius, London Representative, International Monetary Fund
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"Nuclear Energy Challenges in Eastern Europe, half-day conference
Monday 9 November, 12.45-17.30,
N.B Stora Salen, Holländargatan 32

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"The Financial Implosion of 2008 and the Aftermath - A Hedge Fund Manager's Perspective"
Thursday 4 November, 11.30-13.00
, the Ohlin Room
Speaker: Ramana Ramaswamy, Autonomy Capital
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"The Russia Balance Sheet"
Monday 25 May, 12.00-13.30
, the Ohlin Room
Speaker: Anders Åslund
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"Dead Aid-Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa"
Thursday 14 May, 16.00-17.30

Speaker: Dambisa Moyo
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"The Russian policy-making process: can it cope with current economic circumstanses?"
Thursday 23 April, 11.30-13.00

Speaker: Stephen Fortescue
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"European Launch of Asian Development Outlook 2009 - Rebalancing Asia's Growth"
Thursday 2 April, 14.00-16.00

Speaker: Joseph E. Zveglich Jr.
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"The Economics, Business, Politics and Great Wines of Georgia"
Monday, 30 March, 14.30-18.00, the Aula Lecture Room

Speakers: Amiran Kavadze, Peter Elam Håkansson, Johanna Popjanevski (tbc) and Torbjörn Becker
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 "What can the world expect from the London G20 Summit"
Monday 9 March, 14.15-15.45, room KAW

Speakers: Andrew Mitchell and Bo Lundgren
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The Stockholm School of Economics Centennial Lecture 2
"The Financial Crisis in Emerging Markets"
February 19, Thursday 12.00-13.00, the Aula

Torbjörn Becker, Director of SITE
Invitation and registration:
http://www.hhs.se/100years/lectures/becker/

"What to Expect from the "New Bretton Woods"
February 5, Thursday 13.00-15.00, room 750

Christian de Boissieu, Advisor to the French Government
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"Slovakia Adopting the Euro - Should Sweden Follow?"
December 15, 13.00-15.00, KAW.

Frantisek Palko, State Secretary at the Ministry of Slovak Republic and
Harry Flam, Professor of International Economics at IIES, Stockholm University
.
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"2008 EBRD Transition Report: Growth in Transition"
December 5, 11.30-13.15, in KAW.

Erik Berglöf, Cheif Economist at EBRD visits SITE to present the report entitled Growth in Transition.
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"Russia beyond oil"
November 10, 9.45-16.00,
Stora Salen, Holländargatan 32

One day conference on Russia focusing on managing natural resource wealth and building a Russian economy for the future.
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"Ukraine's Economy and Teaching Economics in Ukraine"
November 6, 13.00-15.00, KAW.

Anders Åslund, Senior Fellow of the Peterson Institute and
Tom Coupé, Director of KSE and KEI. Download invitation.

"Från Stalin till Jeltsin - Nutidshistorien i dagens läroböcker för gymnasister i Ryssland"
November 4, 15.00-17.00, 550 5th floor SSE Sveavägen 65

Lennart Samuelsson, Docent i ekonomisk historia, SITE och
Ebba Sävborg, journalist
In Swedish. Inbjudan.

"Crisis in the Baltics: The way forward"
October 27, 13.00-15.00, Ohlin room.
Alf Vanags
Director of The Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS). Download invitation.

"Creating an International Financial Center in Russia"
October 20, 13.00-15.00, Ohlin room.
Alexei Goriaev, UBS AG Assistant Professor of Finance and Director of the Masters in Finance program at the New Economic School and lead economist at CEFIR in Moscow gives his views on this topic based on a report prepared for the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Dowload invitation.

"Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Legislation: Political Perspectives in 2008"
September 22, 13.00-15.00, KAW.
James Thurber, Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at the American University, Washington D.C. gives a talk on climate change legislation in the US Congress. Download pdf of the presentation.

"Why has growth been so slow in resource rich Nigeria?"
Discussion with Dr Pat Utomi, Former Nigerian Presidential Candidate and Founding Senior Faculty, Lagos Business School, Pan African University, SITE Library, (HHS, 9th floor) on September 10, 10.30-12.00. This talk is jointly organized with SIPRI.

"Commodity Prices, Financial Problems and the International Economy"
2 September 10.00-11.30 at SSE, Ohlin room:
Anne O. Krueger, professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins University and former First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund will share her views on some of the crucial issues facing economic policy makers around the world. (Download invitation)

"SITE Development Forum: Workshop on PPP-Procurement, Corruption, and Developmentnd Future"
18 June 09.00-17.30 at SSE:
For details and updates see conference homepage

"Futurecast 2020 - A global vision of tomorrow"
Wednesday 11 June, 13.30-15.00 at SSE, room TORSTEN:
Robert Shapiro, currently the director of NDN's Globalization Initiative, previously Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs in the Clinton administration, and economic advisor in the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and John Kerry, presents his vision of global developments over the coming decade. Comments will be provided by Leif Pagrotsky, Member of Parliament and former Minister for Industry and Trade and Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist of the EBRD.

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"The Belarus Economy - Past, Present and Future"
Monday 28 April 13.15-15.30 at SSE:
Speakers: Igor Pelipas, IPM Research, Alexander Chubrik, IPM Research, Jesper Roine, SITE. Comments by Vadim Pakhomchik, Embassy of Belarus.
Alexander Chubrik's presentation (ppt)
Jesper Roine's presentation (ppt)

"Russia after the election" A seminar on the past, present, and future of Russia.
Thursday 6 March 13.15-16.00 at SSE:
Speakers include H.E. Alexander M. Kadakin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sweden. Download invitati
on.

SITE and SIPRI seminar series "Changing Institutions":
"The United Nations and Disarmament: Challenges and Opportunities"
Presentation by UN High Representative for Disamament Affairs HE Ambassador Sergio de Queiroz Duarte.
Thursday February 28, 11.30-13.00 at SSE:
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SITE and SIEPS organises seminar on "Security of Energy Supply: EU-Russia and Transit countries" Thursday, January 31, 09.00-12.30 at SSE. See invitation here.

SITE organises seminar on the "Baltic Sea Region in Europe" Thursday, January 17. See invitation here.

"Banking, Entrepreneurship and Microfinance in Russia" Seminar with Gail Buyske, Friday January 18. Download invitation here.

Open lecture with Professor András Inotai,
Director of the Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Thusday October 18, 11.30-13.15 at SSE.

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"How capitalism was built".
Open seminar at the SSE with Professor Anders Åslund on September 26 at 15.00-16.15
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Emerging Africa?
Dr Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank speaks on the issues of developmental challenges in Africa. 13 September at SSE, 9.30-11.30

"The Baltic Sea Region’s Integration in the Global Economy"
One-day conference on May 22, 2007 at the Stockholm School of Economics.
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SITE participates in organizing the Sweden-Russia-Business-Forum. 2-6 May 2007
Download presentations here:
Presentation Intro
Presentation 2
Presentation Banking in Russia
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“Helping the poor help themselves – a road towards a more sustainable, equitable and peaceful future”
Prof Muhammad Yunus
, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006
Wednesday 13 December, 14.30 - 16:30
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