International Economic Association
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 | |
| Abbreviation | IEA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1950 |
| Legal status | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Purpose | Encourage research, publication, and free discussion of economic topics |
| Headquarters | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Region served | Worldwide |
| Members | 68 |
President | Kaushik Basu(India) |
Main organ | Executive Committee |
| Website | IEA Official website |
The International Economic Association (IEA) is an NGO established in 1950,[1][2] at the instigation of the Social Sciences Department of UNESCO.[3] To date, the IEA still shares information and maintains consultative relations with UNESCO. In 1973 the IEA became a federated member of the International Social Science Council.[4]
The goal of the IEA is to promote personal contacts and mutual understanding among economists in different parts of the world through the organization of scientific meetings, through common research programs and by means of publications of an international character on problems of current importance.[5]
Council
The IEA has two main bodies which rule the association: the council and the executive committee.
The IEA is governed by a council, composed of representatives of all member associations as well as a limited number of co-opted members. The council meets triennially, when it reviews the general policy of the association and elects the president and other officers and members of the executive committee for a three-year term of office.
Executive committee
The executive committee, which numbers 15 members (and 3 advisors), decides, in the light of the general policies approved by the council, the subjects of specialists' conferences and other projects and selects the chairman of the Program Committee who will be entrusted with the scientific preparation of each project. The general practice is to invoke the aid of an economist of outstanding distinction in the subject who, with other members of the Committee chosen by him in consultation with the IEA officers and executive committee, undertakes the scientific planning of the program and is responsible for the subsequent publication. Decisions concerning the work of the association are taken by the president, in consultation with the other officers, the executive committee frequently being consulted.[citation needed]
Executive committee members
| President | Kaushik Basu (US/India) | ||
| President-elect | Dani Rodrik (US/Turkey) | ||
| Vice President | Elhanan Helpman (US) | ||
| Treasurer | Erik Berglöf (Sweden) | ||
| Secretary General | Omar Licandro (Spain) | ||
| Past President | Timothy Besley (US) | ||
| Past past President | Joseph Stiglitz (Japan) | ||
| Members | |||
| Alison Booth (Australia) | |||
| Chong-En Bai (China) | |||
| Wendy Carlin (England) | |||
| Ashwini Deshpande (India) | |||
| Avner Greif (Israel) | |||
| Sergey Guriyev (Russia) | |||
| Murray Leibbrandt (South Africa) | |||
| Dalia Marin (Germany) | |||
| Jose Antonio Ocampo (Colombia) | |||
| Torsten Persson (Sweden) | |||
| Danny Quah (Singapore) | |||
| Nagla Rizk (Egypt) | |||
| Jan Svejnar (Czech Republic) | |||
| Sukhadeo Thorat (India) | |||
| Andrés Velasco (Chile) | |||
| Leonard Wantchekon (Africa) | Advisers | Joan Esteban (Spain) | |
| Ercan Uygur (Turkey) | |||
| Jean-Paul Fitoussi (France) |
Assembles and Presidents
Membership
The IEA is in effect a federation of national academic associations or committees representing the economists of each country. In 2020 it had 30 member countries and 8 association countries.[8] In the implementation of each project, invitations are sent to those individuals or research institutes—regardless of nationality—that appear in the circumstances to be best qualified to make a serious contribution to the study of the subject chosen.[9]
