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The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) is organizing an International Conference on Natural Resource Management, Climate Change and Economic Development in Africa as part of its 20th Anniversary Activities and has issued a call for papers.

• Call for Papers on Climate Change and Economic Development
• Call for Papers on Natural Resource Management and Economic Development

In addition, AERC plan to commission lead papers for each of the concurrent sessions of the Conference. The concurrent sessions for the Natural Resource Management are as follows:

• Natural Resource Management, Poverty, Income Distribution and Labor Market Issues;
• Natural Resource Management, Macroeconomic Policies, Investment and Growth;
• Natural Resource Management, International Trade and Regional Integration;
• Natural Resource Management, Finance and Resource Mobilization;
• Political Economy and Sectoral Policy Issues in Natural Resource Management and Economic Development.

For Climate Change, the concurrent sessions are:

• Climate Change , Poverty, Income Distribution and Labor Market Issues;
• Climate Change, Macroeconomic Policies, Investment and Growth;
• Climate Change, Finance and Resource Mobilization;
• Climate Change, Trade and Regional Integration;
• Political Economy and Sectoral Policy Issues in Climate Change and Economic Development.

Each lead paper will contain a survey the global literature in the relevant area, identify policy research issues/questions, survey the methodological approaches being used to analyze some of the issues and propose research agenda for Africa. These lead papers should stimulate interest of network members in investigating these issues and be submitted by the end of August. Subsequently the AERC plan to organize a series of capacity building workshops to enable the development of good quality research projects under the Thematic Research modalities. Suggestions for possible authors should be sent to AERC.

For each of the papers commissioned, AERC will offer $5000. AERC will also provide roundtrip ticket to the conference in Nairobi scheduled for September 15-17, 2008 and provide hotel accommodation as well meet other travel-related expenses.