SCIENTIFIC PRACTICAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD CRISIS TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN ON APRIL 17

/ARKA/
April 8, 2009
YEREVAN

A scientific practical conference on the world financial and economic
crisis, its origin and prospects is to be held in Yerevan on April 17.

Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University reports that among participants
of the conference will be rector of Russian Academy of Agriculture
professor Vladimir Mau, well-known Belgian economist Jacques-Francois
Thisse and the rector of the Slavonic University of Armenia Armen
Darbinyan.

Reports on brief history of globalization, world economic crisis and
Russian anti-crisis program, world crisis and the Armenian context
are to be made during the conference.

The conference is held by the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
together with the government-headed Academy of Agriculture of Russia.

The previous conference was entitled "Crisis: Russian and Armenian
versions"; it was held by the University and Russia’s Institute of
Economy with assistance of OSCE Yerevan Office on March 6. Reports
were made by Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan and Director of Russian
Institute of Economy Ruslan Gringberg in particular.