The Department of Economics and International Business (EIB) of Lord Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, will be hosting a mini conference in Cambridge, United Kingdom from 23rd to 24th November 2017. The call for abstracts and or research idea/papers for presentation and discussion at the conference is open.

The emphasis of the conference will be on high-quality, theoretical and/or applied research topics focusing on issues relevant to emerging trends in Economics, International Business, Finance and development which have special relevance to developing countries and/or Africa’s development.

The conference will focus (not exclusively) on the following:

• Property economics and finance
• Emerging Stock Markets Research
• Microfinance, Construction Economics
• Development Economics
• Agricultural Finance
• Export Finance
• Insurance Finance in Africa
• Growth of Mobile Banking in Africa
• Institutional and Labour Economics
• Emerging Banking Research
• Accounting and Regulatory Issues in Africa
• SME Finance
• FDI and Portfolio Investment in Africa
• Financial Risk Management in Emerging Markets
• Financial Inclusion
• Credit Risk Analysis
• Retail banking in Africa
• Other areas of Development
• Finance and Economics

All abstracts, research ideas and questions to be addressed to
Dr Noah Karley,
Senior Lecturer in Economics,
Tel: +441223695739
Email: noah.karley@anglia.ac.uk