CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA TO BE HELD AT UCLA
ArmRadio.am
13.04.2006 11:15
“Armenia: Challenges of Sustainable Development” is the theme of an
international conference to be held at the University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA), on Saturday, May 6. The conference featuring
specialists in economics, finance, and governance is dedicated to UCLA
Professor Emeritus of Economics, Armen A. Alchian, a world-renowned
economist and teacher who was born in Fresno in 1914 and has been a
member of the UCLA faculty since 1946.
The conference is organized by the Armenian Educational Foundation
Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA and the Armenian International
Policy Research Group (AIPRG), with support from the UCLA Von Grunebaum
Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Department of Economics. AEF
Chair Holder Richard Hovannisian will open the morning session with
introductory comments on “The Economic Factor,” followed by the
presentation of Professor Alchian and his contributions to economic
theory by a similarly distinguished Professor of Economics, Harold
Demsetz.