PRESS RELEASE
Armenian International Policy Research Group
P.O. Box 28179
Washington, DC 20038-9998
Contact: Armine Khachatryan
Tel: (202) 473-0348
Fax: (202) 589-8605
E-mail: [email protected]
July 18, 2005
Subject: FOURTH ANNUAL AIPRG CONFERENCE-CALL FOR PAPERS
Armenia: Public Sector Governance and Economic Efficiency
Contact: Mr. Armine Khachatryan at
[email protected]
The Armenian International Policy Research Group is pleased to
announce that its Fourth Annual conference”Armenia: Public Sector
Governance and Economic Efficiency” will be held on January 14-15,
2006, at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC. While the
focus of this year’s conference will be on the issues related to
public sector’s role in influencing productivity and growth, papers
from all areas of relevance for economic development and growth are
welcome. References should be made to the following broadly defined
topics:
Institutional Reforms and Governance
Fiscal Policy and Tax Administration
Regulatory Reforms and Business Climate
Trade and Regional Cooperation
Geopolitics and International Law
Social Sector Reforms (Education, Health, and Social Security)
Banking and Finance
Diaspora’s Role and Channels of Involvement
Prospective authors should email abstracts to
[email protected] by September 16, 2005. The
Selection Committee will notify authors of accepted abstracts by
October 1, 2005. The deadline for the submission of completed papers
is December 16, 2005.
Applications for stand-alone sessions will be accepted as long as
they are consistent with the format of AIPRG conferences (i.e., 2
papers plus 2 discussants for regular sessions or 3-4 short papers
for discussion sessions). Select papers will be considered for
publication in the Armenian Journal of Public Policy. The final
agenda along with the list of confirmed papers will be circulated by
December 30, 2005. The official language of the conference is
English. For more information on the AIPRG please visit