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'Abstract / Paper Submission Date has been extended to 1st November 2014' |
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Stimulating Economic Growth,
Improving Quality of Life & Enhancing Youth Involvement |
11 – 12th December 2014
Hotel Royal, Kuala Lumpur |
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| One of the many important lessons of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis is to act before any occurrence of shock to an economy is felt but not to act excessively or respond negatively that could lead to market failures. In this regard, it is imperative to know and understand the features and elements of an economy in order to be able to design and formulate sound policies. With an economy constantly changing to meet local and global demands, it is not surprising that the economic structure, too, is experiencing transformations, be it from agrarian to industrialization or from a middle income country to a developed one. Regardless of the transformation, what matters most is to ensure that the transformation leads to a robust and progressive economy based on the tenets of sustainable development such as inclusive growth, equality and holistic development in order to enhance the standard of living of our society today. |
| This includes tackling issues and challenges related to youth development as youth plays a critical role in the development of an economy. Broadly, youth makes up at least one third of a nation’s population. In Malaysia, the youth makes up at least 40 percent of its population. Naturally, their actions and decisions have a significant impact on the economy and society at large. With current changing economic scenarios, making decisions that maximizes youth participation can be a great challenge. |
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Themes and Topics
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| The conference covers a wide range of contemporary economic topics as below:
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Economic Growth & Development |
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Sustainable economic growth |
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Enhancing food security |
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Revitalising agriculture |
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Sports economy |
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Gender equality in economy |
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Finance and investment |
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Culture and economic growth |
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Tourism economics |
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Quality of Life |
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Poverty and inequality |
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Migrant workers |
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Well-being of the elderly |
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Education |
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Economics of happiness |
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Welfare economics |
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Urban development |
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Built environment |
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Preservation and conservation of heritage |
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Youth and Society |
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Economic opportunities for the youth |
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Youth transitions in the labour market |
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Youth engagement with society |
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Violence and conflict prevention among youth |
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Youth and the media |
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Youth and entrepreneurship |
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Literacy and youth development |
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Participants |
| Participation for this conference is open to all academic staff, students, independent researchers, policy makers and anyone interested in the current economic issues and the participation of youth in the economy. |
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Postgraduate session |
| The conference provides a platform for postgraduate students to present their work-in-progress or preliminary findings. A special session for this will be organized. A group of panelists will be selected to sit in the discussion to assist postgraduate students to improve their work. The student with the most outstanding presentation will receive the Best Paper Award for this session. |
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Institution session |
| We invite any institutions, universities or bodies that are interested to hold a special session to discuss their work-in-progress, initial findings or main findings of their research. The proposal for this special session should be submitted together with a brief information about the session and abstract of all the papers to be presented. The number of papers presented for each session is between 3 to 5. |
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