We are glad to announce the OEET Webinar "Will there be water wars in the future?", which will be held by Jampel Dell'Angelo on Wednesday, May 21st 2025 | 4 – 6 pm (CEST), seminar room 3D233 (3rd floor) | Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena 100/A | Turin. Welcome and introduction: Elena Vallino
It will also be web-streamed via Webex at https://unito.webex.com/meet/elena.vallino
Below you can find an outline of the presentation and a short bio of Jampel Dell'Angelo.
Public Seminar (4 – 5 p.m.): The vexed question on water wars has been recurringly discussed in the hydropolitical literature, with diametrically opposed truths that are often portrayed.
Considering the “global water crisis”, and the escalating geopolitical and military tensions, there is a legitimate worry about the future, but this may not be the “right” question. The seminar will introduce the novel analytical lens of “hydrosocial cost-shifting” which will be used to discuss the hidden dynamics and impacts of the “contemporary water wars” considered in light of the rising phenomenon of global land and water (commons) grabbing.
Conversation with the author (5 – 6 p.m.): Q&A. The author will also speak about his experience as Editor-In-Chief of World Development.
Dr Jampel Dell'Angelo is Associate Professor of Water Governance and Politics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is an environmental social scientist working on the political economy of natural resources, in particular water. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal World Development, he leads the EU funded NEWAVE Next Water Governance international research and training network and he is the Director of the Dutch Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE).
We are glad to announce the presentation of the “Asian Development Outlook 2025: Trade Uncertainty Challenges Resilience in Asia and the Pacific”, which will be held by Matteo Lanzafame on April 9th at 2.00 p.m. at Campus “Luigi Einaudi” (Lungo Dora Siena 100/A, Turin, Room D3). It will also be web-streamed via Webex at https://unito.webex.com/meet/elena.vallino
Below you can find an outline of the presentation and a short bio of Matteo Lanzafame.
Asian Development Outlook 2024: A Resilient Outlook, Despite Slowing Growth in the People’s Republic of China
Matteo Lanzafame
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Outline
Developing Asia’s growth has been solid, supported by strong domestic demand and resilient exports, including AI-driven demand for semiconductors and electronics. Inflation has moderated, enabling many regional central banks to ease monetary policy and support growth. But this strong performance is now under threat. Trade uncertainty is at all-time highs, geopolitical tensions are escalating, and the property sector in the People’s Republic of China remains weak. Can Asia continue to be the engine of global growth? The April 2025 Asian Development Outlook examines prospects for the region, providing insights into the factors that will shape Asia and the Pacific’s economic trajectory.
Matteo Lanzafame is Principal Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is a macroeconomist and conducts research in many areas, with a particular focus on growth and development issues. He is part of the team that produces ADB’s Asian development Outlook and conducts macroeconomic surveillance and monitoring. His research has been published in several academic journals.
10 years of the Turin Centre on Emerging Economies: lessons learned and perspectives for the future
10th Workshop – PROGRAM
Campus Luigi Einaudi Lungo Dora Siena, 100A, Torino - Sala Lauree Blu
The workshop will be held at Campus Luigi Einaudi and online at https://unito.webex.com/meet/oeet. No preliminary registration is required, but we appreciate if you send an email at
Thursday, November 28th 2024
Welcome and greetings
1.30 - 2 pm Panelists Registration
2 - 2.30 pm Opening remarks
FIRST SESSION: Economic development, growth and inequality in emerging economies - Coordinator: Maurizio Bussolo (World Bank and OEET)
2.30 - 3 pm Introduction: Maurizio Bussolo (World Bank and OEET) Inequality: Introductory remarks
3 - 4 pm Keynote lecture: Hans Timmer (formerly World Bank): The political economy of development
4 - 4.30 pm Coffee break
4.30 - 6.30 pm: Papers presentation
Olga Demidova (HSE University): Dynamics of inequality in the regions of Russia in 2013-2023.
Fabian Reutzel (Paris School of Economics): Inequality of opportunity and Internet access: evidence from India.
Vito Peragine (University of Bari): Economic development and inherited inequality: Kuznets meets the Great Gatsby?
8 pm Dinner meeting
Friday, November 29th 2024
SECOND SESSION: Sustainable development and the Agenda 2030 in emerging economies - Coordinator: Donatella Saccone (University of Pollenzo and OEET)
9-9.30 am Introduction: Donatella Saccone (University of Pollenzo and OEET) Sustainable development and the Agenda 2030 in emerging economies: an introduction
9.30 -10.30 am Keynote lecture: Piergiuseppe Fortunato (UNCTAD): A positive trade and environment agenda for the BRICS
10.30 -11 am Coffee break
11 am - 1 pm: Papers presentation
Luca Andriani (Birkbeck University of London): Social capital and CO2 emissions in emerging markets. ONLINE
Samuele Milone (University of Florence): The impact of drought on education in rural Thailand: a synergy between SDG-4, SDG-2, and SDG-13.
Sara Balestri (University of Perugia) and Marcello Signorelli: SDG trade-related spillover effects and EU regulation on timber: assessing imported deforestation patterns.
1 - 2.30 pm Light lunch
THIRD SESSION: Emerging economies in Global Value Chains* - Coordinators: Alessia Amighini (University of Eastern Piedmont and OEET) and Giorgia Giovannetti (University of Florence and OEET)
2.30 - 3 pm Introduction: Alessia Amighini (University of Eastern Piedmont and OEET) and STAPLES project presentation: Emerging economies in Global Value Chains
3 - 4 pm Keynote lecture: Chahir Zaki (University of Orléans and Economic Research Forum): Global Value Chains, environment and climate change
4 - 4.30 pm Coffee break
4.30 - 6.30 pm Papers presentation
Giovanni Graziani (University of Parma): A shift away from China towards emerging countries? A critical assessment of economic decoupling so far.
Elena Vallino (University of Turin) Adelaide Baronchelli, Silvana Dalmazzone, Luca Ridolfi, Francesco Laio: Large agri-food corporations in the global staple and cash crops markets: a quantitative analysis of rice and coffee through the virtual water perspective
6.30 - 7 pm Closing remarks
*Part of the expenses for the organization of this session has been funded by the PRIMA project “STAPLES - STable food Access and Prices and Lower Exposure to Shocks”.
10th Workshop: Turin Centre on Emerging Economies
Call for Papers
10 Years of the Turin Centre on Emerging Economies: lessons learned and perspectives for the future
The 10th OEET Workshop will be held on November 28-29, 2024 in Turin.
OEET invites abstract submissions for paper presentation on the main topics of the Workshop. The focus of the 10th Workshop will be on a retrospective analysis of the past 10 years and on future perspectives regarding emerging economies.
The workshop will be structured in three sessions according to the main research areas of OEET:
1) Economic development, growth and inequality in emerging economies
2) Emerging economies in Global Value Chains
3) Sustainable development and the Agenda2030 in emerging economies.
Scholars interested in presenting a paper at the Workshop are invited to submit an abstract in English of up to 300 words or, if available, a paper by October 15th to
We are glad to announce the presentation of the “Asian Development Outlook 2024: A Resilient Outlook, Despite Slowing Growth in the People’s Republic of China”, which will be held by Matteo Lanzafame on April 19th at 9.00 a.m. at Campus “Luigi Einaudi” (Lungo Dora Siena 100/A, Turin, Room F5). It will also be web-streamed via Webex at https://unito.webex.com/meet/oeet
By joining the seminar, each attendee agrees that it may be video recorded.
Below you can find an outline of the presentation and a short bio of Matteo Lanzafame.
Asian Development Outlook 2024: A Resilient Outlook, Despite Slowing Growth in the People’s Republic of China
Matteo Lanzafame
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Outline
Does economic growth in developing Asia continue to be resilient, despite the property-driven slowdown in the People’s Republic of China? What lies ahead for economic growth in the region in the future? This presentation delves into the role of domestic demand and international trade, with a focus on the semiconductor sector and the tourism sector, while considering the emerging challenges posed by geopolitical conflicts, tensions, climate change, and monetary policy issues that involve this region. By focusing on South and Southeast Asia, the presentation aims to address the economic future of the region from a global perspective.
Matteo Lanzafame is Principal Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is a macroeconomist and conducts research in many areas, with a particular focus on growth and development issues. He is part of the team that produces ADB's Asian Development Outlook and conducts macroeconomic surveillance and monitoring. His research has been published in several academic journals.
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OEET Seminar: Will there be water wars in the future?
We are glad to announce the OEET Webinar "Will there be water wars in the future?", which will be...