Countries using US Dollar as Legal tender money

According to IMF De Facto Classification of Exchange Rate Regimes and Monetary Policy Frameworks, the following countries use US Dollar as their currency.

Ecuador


El Salvador

Marshall Islands

Micronesia, Fed. States of

Palau


Panama

Timor-Leste
 
Source: http://www.imf.org/external/np/mfd/er/2008/eng/0408.htm

Currencies pegged to US dollar

According to IMF De Facto Classification of Exchange Rate Regimes and Monetary Policy Frameworks, Following are the currencies pegged with dollar. http://www.imf.org/external/np/mfd/er/2008/eng/0408.htm

Angola


Argentina

Aruba

Bahamas, The

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belize

Eritrea

Guyana

Honduras

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Lebanon

Malawi

Maldives

Mongolia

Netherlands Antilles

Oman

Qatar

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

4th Graduate conference on Social Sciences and Management

4th Graduate Conference on Social Sciences and Management

University of Bradford (UK), Norcroft Centre, October 26-27, 2010

Call for Papers

This annual conference is organised by and for postgraduate researchers. The goal of the conference is to showcase PhD research and to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue between research students. It provides PhD students with a supportive environment in which to develop their communication skills, test their ideas in a constructive dialogue with their peers, meet other researchers and establish contacts within and beyond their area of specialisation.

We cordially invite PhD researchers in any field of social sciences and management to present their research and participate in interdisciplinary discussions. A cash prize will be awarded for the best paper, which will be published on our conference web page. The second and third best papers will also be published on our web page.

Possible topics for papers might include, but are not limited to the following:

• Peace Studies

• Regional Strategic Studies

• Governance, Administration and Leadership

• Challenges to Health in the 21st Century

• Economy and Development

• Business and Management

• Communications and Media

• Education

• Sociology, Social Policy, Practice and Development

• Tourism and Leisure studies

These topics are interpreted in the broadest sense. Students at the early stages of their PhD are welcome to present papers describing their research area, setting research questions and explaining how they plan to conduct their research.

There is no charge for admission. Limited financial assistance is available for external participants. Six students from outside the University of Bradford will be awarded £50 each to partially cover travel expenses. Please indicate in your proposal if you wish to participate in the competition for these funds.

The conference will be a mix of key-note speeches, student-led sessions and discussion workshops on networking for your career, publishing, research ethics and challenges of interdisciplinary research. Note that the presentation of papers at the conference should be no more than 20 minutes in length. Up to five minutes will be allowed for questions.

To submit a proposal

Please send an abstract of max. 300 words no later than June 20, 2010 by e-mail togsconference2010@bradford.ac.uk. Electronic submissions (Microsoft Word format or RTF) are preferred. Please attach a separate cover letter with the following information: title of the paper, your full name, university affiliation and the name of your department or school, year of study and contact details (e-mail address, contact address and telephone number). All submissions will be subject to blind peer review, so no personal details should appear in the body of the paper/abstract. Please note that we cannot accept more than one submission per student.

Applicants will be notified by email if their paper is accepted for the conference by July 10, 2010. Submission of the full paper is optional, but essential if you wish to participate in the "best paper" competition. The deadline for submitting final papers (6000 words max) is August 30, 2010. Details of the requirements for the final papers will be available at a later date.

For any further questions please contact gsconference2010@bradford.ac.uk.

Conference organising committee

Conference web address: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/lss/gradschool/conference/2010.php

Useful Books for a FDI Reader

1. Foreign Direct Investment and Governments: Catalysts for Economic Restructuring By John H. Dunning & Rajneesh Narula
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Foreign-Direct-Investment-Governments-Restructuring/dp/0415118204/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275347646&sr=8-12

2. Explaining International Production By John H. Dunning
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Explaining-International-Production-John-Dunning/dp/0003020894/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275348156&sr=1-1

call for Papers

Call for Papers
International Conference “Contemporary Issues in Economy”
20-21 November 2009 in Toruń
Poland

Submission date 20 september 2009.
Dear Colleagues,
we are pleased to invite you to the V conference entitled Contemporary Issues in Economy which is hosted by The
Department of Economics at The Faculty of Economics and Management at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in
Poland. The conference is organized in collaboration with Polish Economic Society Department in Toruń and Faculty of
Business and Management at Brno University of Technology.
The conference is especially addressed to economist before or after Ph. D. and it aims to bring together young
economists form Central and Eastern Europe to discuss issues in economics, finance and business management.
Conference language is English and Polish. Main conference tracks include:
1. Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Econometrics;
2. Financial markets; Labour market; Institutions;
3. Business environment; Management and Marketing.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Toruń.
President of Organizing Committee

Global competitiveness report

Scholarships

an interesting FDI speech

Motivational Quotes

Set the Goal Higher than you can reach

and then reach it!

Call for Papers

http://www.academyofworldbusiness.com/conf2010.html

World Bank's channel

This seems really interesting to see a World Bank Channel on YouTube.

Have a look

http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldBank?gl=GB&hl=en-GB