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THEMES FOR THE 93^rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEA 2010

CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Sub-Themes:

Climate Change . origin, concept, measures, impacts, mitigation, and adaptation.
Climate change policies . the North-South debate
Developing countries' strategic approaches, targets, focus, and measures for low carbon economy.
Copenhagen Round, Climate Change and REDD.
Environmental Degradation, Economic Development and Climate Change: Need for an Alternative Paradigm for Sustainable Development.

ROLE OF NON-FARM SECTOR IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Sub-Themes:

Rural Development, its importance and current scenario with limitations of the farm sector.
Non-farm sector, its various dimensions and its role in Rural Development especially to reduce the disguised unemployment in the farm sector.
Theoretical models and/with empirical studies dealing with non-farm sector.s role in Rural Development for Developing Economies including India.
Analysis of the theme at the Global, National, State and District levels with policy prescriptions.

REGIONALISM AND MULTILATERALISM IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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ECONOMICS OF AMARTYA SEN

Sub-Themes:

Amartya Sen and Welfare Economics.
Amartya Sen and Development Economics.
Poverty, Inequality and Amartya Sen.
Economics and Philosophy of Amartya Sen.
Other ideas of Amartya Sen, including Planning, Agriculture, Gender Discrimination, Public Action, etc

PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF ECONOMY OF NORTH-WEST INDIA

THEMATIC KEYNOTE PAPERS

Lead papers during 93rd Annual Conference at Chandigarh.	Name & Designation
Climate change, Environment and Economic Development	Prof. Promod Aggarwal Regional Facilitator, International Challenge Programme On Climate Change International Water Management Institute New Delhi.
Role of Non-Farm Sector in Rural Development	Prof. Amitabh Kundu CSRD, Jawarharlal Nehru University. New Delhi.
Regionalism and Multilateralism in International Trade	Dr. Biswajit Dhar DG,RIS, Zone IV-B Fourth Floor, India Habitate Centre, New Delhi.
Economics of Amartya Sen	Prof. Satish Kumar Jain Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawarharlal Nehru University. New Delhi.

MEMORIAL LECTURES

Memorial Lectures during 93rd Annual Conference at Chandigarh.	Name & Designation
Prof. Rudder Datt Memorial Lecture	Prof. Y.K. Alagh Chairman, Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat.
Prof. P. R. Bharmananda Memorial Lecture	Prof. B.B.Bhattacharaya Vice-Chancellor Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Prof. Vera Anstey Memorial Lecture	Prof. Abhijit Sen Member, Planning Commission Government of India, New Delhi
Prof. Raja J. Chellaih Memorial Lecture	Dr C. Rangarajan Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, New Delhi

SPECIAL LECTURES

Special Lectures by	Address
Prof. Shenggen Fan	Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA.
Prof. William Darity	Arts & Sciences Professor of Public Policy, Professor of African & African-American Studies & Economics, Duke University, USA.

CURRENT TOPIC DISCUSSION
Issues in Economic Governance- Why does programme delivery vary across States?

Prof. Ravi Srivastava	Chairman, CSRD, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi.
Prof. N.C. Saxsena	Former Member Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi
Prof. S.R. Hashim	Former Member Planning Commission and Director , ISID, New Delhi.

PANEL DISCUSSION
Inclusive Policy- Individual Focus vs. Social Group Policies.

Prof. Ashwani Saith	Dean, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Dr. K.P.Kannan	Director, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. Kerala.
Prof. Van K. Borooah	Professor, University of Ulster. United Kingdom.
Dr. Bina Agarwal	Director, Institute of Economic Growth New Delhi.