| SITE Development Day 2011 On May 30, SITE organized the first of what is to become an annual Development Day on the topic "Challenges for Aid Effectiveness". The Cost of Democratic Elections in Financial MarketsIn a column published on VoxEU.org, Emmanuel Frot and Javier Santiso present new evidence on the effects of elections on portfolio flows. Economic Growth and Development CooperationOn September 9, 2010, SITE and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosted a discussion about economic growth and development cooperation. Land Acquisition for Development: An Issue in Law and Economics On May 5, 2010, SITE organized an open lecture with Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, the India Development Foundation on "Land Aquisition for Development: An Issue in Law and Economics". New Structural Economics and DevelopmentOn January 21, 2010, SITE held a seminar with Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Financial Flows to the Water Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa Emmanual Frot participated to a report by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). The report highlights the impact of the global financial crisis on financial flows to the water sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Aid and the Financial CrisisIn a column published on VoxEU.org, Emmanuel Frot discusses the potential consequences of the crisis on aid budgets. |