International Conference
IFBEM@fpsp.fapesp.br
Tue, 8 Mar 1994 12:14 BSC (-0300 C)
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Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
1994 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"Big Countries: The Political Economy of Scale"
Sao Paulo, Brazil
May 9-13, 1994
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The Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics has organized an
international conference on "Big Countries: The Political Economy
of Scale," sponsored by the United Nations, to be held in Sao Paulo
and two other Brazilian cities during the week of May 9-13, 1994.
The conference will focus on managing problems of scale and complexity
in countries such as China, the United States, Russia, India and Brazil.
Investigating the fears and frustrations bred by economic reforms,
conference participants will explore the following questions:
What are the relative roles and weights of politics and economics in managing
continental nations? What is the role of population density in building and
sustaining institutions over large areas? Are problems of management
comparable in different continental economies such as the United States,
India, Russia, China and Brazil? What insights can be brought to economic
organization by different national experiences in managing problems of scale?
Speakers at the conference include the following:
-Ambassador Rubens Ricupero, president of the Fernand Braudel Institute
of World Economics and Brazil's Minister for Environmental Affairs and
Amazon Development, who until recently was Ambassador to the United
States and previously was president of GATT in Geneva. Ambassador
Ricupero will speak on "Continental and Peripheral Nations in the New
World Order."
-Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Harvard University, member of the International
Advisory Board of the Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics.
Professor Sachs will speak on "The Crisis of Scale and Chronic Inflation in
Continental Nations."
-Professor Fan Gang, of the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences. Professor Fan will speak on "Economic Administration
in China: Problems of Scale and Decentralization."
-Professor William McNeill, professor emeritus of history at the University
of Chicago and a member of the International Advisory Board of the
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics. Professor McNeill will
speak on "The Rise of Violence in the World Today."
-Professor Roberto Macedo, professor of economics at the University of
Sao Paulo, former Secretary of Economic Policy and a founding member of
the Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics. Professor Macedo will
speak on "Deranged Economic Transfers and Chronic Inflation in Brazil."
-Tarun Dutt, President of the West Bengal Industrial Development
Corporation and former Chief Secretary of West Bengal. Mr. Dutt will
speak on the "The Rebirth of Calcutta: Lessons for the Cities of
Latin America."
-Professor Robert D. Putnam, director of the Center of International Affairs
at Harvard University and author of _Making Democracy Work_. Professor
Putnam will speak on "Social Capital and Federalism: Reflections on the
United States."
-Mikhail Dimitriev, Russian economist and legislative aide to President
Yeltsin. Mr. Dimitriev will speak on "The Crisis of Government in Russia."
-Professor Aspasia Camargo, president of IPEA, the Brazilian government's
economic research institute, and member of the Fernand Braudel Institute of
World Economics. Professor Camargo will speak on "Brazil and Russia:
Federalism and Decentralization in Modernity."
-Norman Gall, executive director of the Fernand Braudel Institute of
World Economics. Mr. Gall will speak on "Scale and Survival: Mortality
and Public Health in the Modern World."
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Those interested in attending this conference should contact the Fernand
Braudel Institute of World Economics at IFBEM@FPSP.FAPESP.BR
or through:
Matthew Taylor, Coordinator
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics
Rua Ceara, 2 * 01243-010 Higienopolis * Sao Paulo, Brazil
Phone: (55-11) 824-9633 * Fax: (55-11) 825-2637