IARIW-UEB/VNU-WB Conference:
“Improving Well-being Measurement in Data-challenged Environments in Developing Countries for Better Evidence-based Policies”
Hanoi, Vietnam | October 2-3, 2025
The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), The University of Economics and Business/Vietnam National University (UEB/VNU) and the World Bank are organizing a special IARIW-UEB/VNU-WB conference on the importance of data generation and analysis in data-scarce contexts and policy implications for the Asia region. The preliminary conference program can be found here. Information about the pre-conference training sessions can be found here.
More information about the program can be found here.
Timeline:
August 13, 2024: Announcement of Call for PapersJanuary 31, 2025: Deadline for Receipt of Paper ProposalsMarch 15, 2025: Decisions on Proposals and Release of Preliminary Conference ProgramMarch 31, 2025: Deadline for Applications for Financial AssistanceApril 15, 2025: Decisions on Financial Assistance- August 31, 2025: Deadline for Submission of papers (one month before conference)
- October 2-3, 2025: Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam
- December 31, 2025: Deadline for Submission for RIW Special Issue
- First half of 2027: Release of special issue
Conference Topics:
- Data Access and Innovative Data Use
- Missing Data and Data Imputation
- Data Generation and New Data Sources
- Well-being Estimation in Data-challenged Contexts
- Country Statistical Capacity
- Better Use of Data to Address Challenges in the Asian Region
Program Committee:
- Hai-Anh Dang (World Bank and IARIW member) – Chair
- Sabine Alkire (University of Oxford)
- Himanshu (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
- Stephen Jenkins (London School of Economics)
- Dean Jolliffe (World Bank)
- Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
- Catherine Van Rompaey (World Bank)