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WIF 2023 Academic Research Conference on Investment in Sustainable Development

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The WIF 2023 Academic Research Conference aims to provide a platform for discussions, as well as to integrate research and ideas from leading scholars, researchers, executives from global companies and senior policymakers.

The conference will consist of several thematic sessions over 2 days, a high-level opening session, and a forward-looking closing panel. Leading scholars will run the discussions in core sessions of the WIF, with the objective of creating synergies between academics, and the multi- stakeholder community.

We welcome applications from economists, finance experts, political scientists, international business scholars working on theoretical and empirical areas related to the topic of 'Investment in Sustainable Development'. Work on a wide range of investment and development-related topics is welcome. These include, but are not limited to:

• Investment in the energy transition
• Debt and climate change
• FDI and women empowerment
• Investment and food security
• Inequality and growth

Contributions from emerging scholars who are underrepresented in these fields are highly encouraged. Selected funding (for travel) for scholars without other sources of funding will be possibly available.

Since the first WIF in 2008, the World Investment Forum has become the largest global platform for high-level dialogue and action on investment for development and now encompasses more than 100 events on topics spanning the full sustainable investment value chain, from green finance in capital markets to on-the-ground investment facilitation. The last WIF held in 2021 which gathered more than 8,000 participants from 177 countries, also featured a multifaceted academic track. The 2021 edition provided a platform for active interaction among key stakeholders including senior policymakers, academics, CEOs of global companies, heads of investment promotion agencies, and representatives of civil society.

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