Participates with presentations at the following events: "In Conversation with Portugal’s José Manuel Durão Barroso on the legacy of the Carnation Revolution", Atlantic Council, USA, 23 March 2024;"Portugal in the EU: Growth, Elections, and Scandals", Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, USA, 6 March 2024; "Harvard European Conference 2024", Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, USA, 9-10 February 2024; Seminar "Monetary Policies in Developing Countries", Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 26 October 2023; "The Current Status of the US Economy: A Conversation with Richard Clarida", The National Economists Club, Washington, DC, USA, 19 October 2023; "EU-NATO Policy Planners Seminar", Brussels, Belgium, 6 June 2023; "ESPAS Away Day 2023", Brussels, Belgium, 1-2 June 2023; Seminar "EU Foreign Policy Priorities", Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, 5 May 2023; STRATPOL-EUISS High-Level Seminar "Renewing Close Ties: The Europe-Latin America Relationship in a Shifting Global Context", Brussels, Belgium, 4 May 2023; GMF Seminar "G-7 collaboration on economic security issues", Brussels, Belgium, 18 April 2023; "EU Strategic Foresight Network Meeting", Brussels, Belgium, 21 March, 2023; "EU Policy Planners' Meeting", Brussels, Belgium, 14-15 March 2023; "ESPAS US Outreach Mission", New York and Washington, DC, 1-8 March 2023; FEPS Roundtable "Trade and Global Supply Chains in 2030", Brussels, Belgium, 15 February 2023; "EU Policy Planners' Meeting", Brussels, Belgium, 5-6 December 2022; "ESPAS Annual Conference", Brussels, Belgium, 17-18 November, 2022; "EU-NATO Seminar on Hybrid Threats", Brussels, Belgium, 14 October 2022; "EU Policy Planners' Meeting", Brussels, Belgium, 21 April 2022; OECD "Government Foresight Community Annual Meeting", Paris, France, 11-13 October 2021; "Paris Peace Forum 2021", Paris, France, 11-13 November 2021; "EU-NATO Seminar on the EU Neighborhood", Brussels, Belgium, 1 October 2021; "Comparative Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic", Sacred Heart University, 30 April 2021; "Workshop on the European Banking Model", Institute Montaigne, 23 March 2021; "Scenarios for the Future of the EU in 2040 and Open Strategic Autonomy", European Commission, 15 March 2021; "The Path towards Recovery", S&P Global, 29 January 2021; "Assessment of the Recovery and Resilience Plan for France", European Commission, , Brussels, Belgium, 8 December 2020; "Assessment of the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Portugal", European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, 1 December 2020; "The EU Policy Response to the Pandemic", Scope Ratings, Paris, France, 30 September, 2020; "Renewed EU support for Bosnia and Herzegovina", EU Delegation for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 9 September 2020; "EU Policy Response to the Global Pandemic", Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, 29 May 2020; Third meeting of the Bertelsmann Foundation High-Level Reflection Group "A strong Europe in a globalized world -New models for the future of Europe", Berlin, Germany, 14 May 2020; "Short and Long Term Consequences of COVID 19", EIB, 23 April 2020; Second meeting of the Bertelsmann Foundation High-Level Reflection Group "A strong Europe in a globalized world -New models for the future of Europe", Berlin, Germany, 19-20 November 2019; JPMorgan Investors Seminar "IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings 2019", 18 October 2019, Washington, D.C., USA; Europa Connectivity Forum "EU-Asia Connectivity: Building Bridges for a Sustainable Future", 27 September, Brussels, Belgium; Norton Rose Fulbright Dinner "EU industrial policy and the role of public policy", 18 September 2019, Brussels, Belgium; German Marshall Fund Brussels Forum 2019, "A World Disrupted", 27-29 June 2019, Brussels, Belgium; First meeting of the Bertelsmann Foundation High-Level Reflection Group "A strong Europe in a globalized world -New models for the future of Europe", Berlin, Germany, 12 June 2019; Poland Today event "Poland & CEE: Co-building the Belt & Road Initiative", Warsaw, Poland, 11 June 2019; Euro50 Group event "An EMU Agenda for Sustainable Growth", European Parliament, Brussels, 5 June 2019; Fleishman Hillard event "Europe’s Future Industrial Policy" in Brussels, Belgium, 8 of May 2019; Central Bank of Sweden-National Association of Business Economics (NABE) invitation-only event "Global Economies at the Crossroads: Growing Together While Growing Apart?" in Stockholm, Sweden, 02-03 May 2019; "Conference on the 15th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: Looking back, looking forward", 8 April 2019 (Vienna, Austria) to 9 April 2019 (Bratislava, Slovakia); Central Bank of Hungary "Lamfalussy Conference 2019", Budapest, Hungary, 3-4 February 2019; European Commission closed seminar "10th. Meeting of the Informal Expert Group on Trade and Investment Relations with China", Brussels, Belgium, 15 January 2019; Ernest and Young event "FDI and Inclusive growth: accelerating Europe's competitiveness and attractiveness", Brussels, Belgium, 6 November 2018; European Commission High Level Conference "The Single Market as a Driver of Investment in Europe", Brussels, Belgium, 5 November 2018; Banque de France, "Exiting Unconventional Monetary Policies", Paris, 26 October, 2018; Evercore ISI event "Europe Outlook and Risks", New York, USA, 27 June 2018; Goldman Sachs "European Financials Conference 2018", Frankfurt, Germany, 6-8 June 2018; Euro50 event "Update on the reform proposals for the euroarea", European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 9-10 April 2018; European American Chamber of Commerce event "The Euro Area in 2029 - An outlook on how the euro area is addressing challenges & opportunities of further integration", New York, USA, 5 December 2017; Austrian Central Bank "Conference on European Economic Integration 2017", Vienna, Austria, 20-21 November 2017; "Berenberg Conference on European Reforms", London, UK, 11 September 2017;"OECD 2017 Global Forum on Productivity", Budapest, Hungary, 26-27 June 2017; High level seminar, "Infrastructure finance and fiscal policy in the EU", at the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, 12 June 2017; G20 German Presidency Event "Think 20 Summit Global Solutions", Berlin, Germany, 28-30 May 2017; Standard & Poor’s event "Impact of EFSI on European infrastructure investment and forward challenges", Brussels, Belgium, 29 March 2017; Institute of International Finance G20 Conference "The G20 Agenda under the German Presidency", Frankfurt, Germany, 15-16 March 2017; Euro50 Group event "The future of the EU Common Currency", European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 7 March 2017; "The White paper on the Future of Europe", Lisbon, Portugal, 3 March 2017; CEPS Ideas Lab 2017, "National productivity boards: Old wine in old bottles?", Brussels, Belgium, 23 February 2017; "Advising the President of the European Commission", Sacred Heart University, Connecticut, USA, 21 January 2017; EUROCHAMBRES "Invest Week", Brussels, Belgium, November 30; Goldman Sachs Speakers Series, London, UK, 14 November 2016; "European Fund for Strategic Investments: Delivering Stage and Increasing investment Potential" and "MFF post 2020- What is the role and the best use of grant and financial instruments", at the "Tatra Summit: Shaping the Future of Europe", Bratislava, Slovakia, 27-28 October 2016; New York University Stern School of Business, New York, USA, 3 October 2016; European Stability Mechanism "Shareholders Day 2016", Luxembourg, 20-21 September 2016; "The Relevance of US Experience for Europe’s Capital Markets Union", Brussels, Belgium, 21 June 2016; "The Future of EMU - Is more fiscal integration really indispensable?", Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, 20 June 2016; "Breakfast Debate: 2016 Geopolitics of Energy - where are we?", European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 15 June 2016; "Goldman Sachs European Financials Conference 2016", Paris, France, 8-9 June 206; "Completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union: what, when and how?", Bertelsmann Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, 4 May 2016; "The 4th Austria Investor & Business Conference", New York, USA, 13 April 2016; Europe as an Investment Destination: High-Level Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 6 April 2016; "Fact Finding on Investment and the Investment Gap", France Stratégie, Paris, France, 11 March 2016; Global Economic Symposium 2015, Kiel, Germany, 12-14 October 2015; Charting a Course for Better Economic Policy in the EU, Brussels, Belgium, 4 June 2015. Eight Joint Moody's/Peterson Institute for International Economics Seminar, Frankfurt, Germany, 5 February 2015; Seventh "2014 IIF Spring Membership Meeting",  4-6 June, London, UK; "Africa Rising Conference", IMF and Government of Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique, May 29-30, 2014; "The Future of the EU and the Euro Area", Bruegel, Brussels, Belgium, 28 May 2014;^[1] "CIS and CEE Sovereign Roundtable", Moody's, Warsaw, Poland, 13 May 2014; Fourth Joint PIIE/Moody's Seminar, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Washington, DC, USA, 10 April 2014^[2];9^th. Annual GCC Credit Risk Conference, Dubai, UAE, 4 March 2014; Moody's Annual Banking Conference in Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan Banking Association, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 27 February 2014; Third Joint PIIE/Moody's Seminar, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Hong Kong, PRC, 6 November 2013^[3]; Moody's 7th Annual Russia Credit Risk Conference, Moscow, Russia, 24 October 2013; ECMI 2013 Annual Conference "Closing the Funding Gap: Competition at the heart of the single market", CEPS, Brussels, Belgium, 17 October 2013; Second Joint PIIE/Moody's Seminar, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Washington, D.C., USA, 10 October 2013^[4]; Moody's 2013 EMEA Banking Conference London, Moody's, London, UK, 1 October 2013; Moody's 2013 EMEA Banking Conference Frankfurt, Moody's, Frankfurt, Germany, 27 September 2013; Moody's Central Asia Credit Risk Conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 25 June 2013; Institute of International Finance's "2013 Spring Economic Advisory Committee", EIB, Luxembourg, 25-26 April, 2013; First Joint PIIE/Moody's Seminar, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Washington, D.C., USA, 18 April 2013^[5]; "CERGE Supporters Lunch", Harvard Club, New York, USA, 2 April 2013; "Moody's EMEA Commercial Group Event", Moody's, London, United Kingdom, 26 March 2013; "Global Growth Conference 2013", Rabat, Morocco, 22-23 March 2013; "World Investment Conference-North Africa", Marrakech, Morocco, 20-21 March 2013; "Russia's Economic Prospects: Reform or Continuity?", Chatham House, London, 28 February 2013; "LSE Economics Conference 2013", Keynote Speech "Euro Area Crisis: Macroeconomic Adjustment and Structural Reform", London School of Economics, London, 16 February 2013; "Strategic Risk100 Quarterly Seminar", City of London Club, London, 14 February 2013; Inter-American Development Bank Policy Seminar "Commodity Intensive Growth in Latin America and Sovereign Ratings Implications", Washington, D.C., USA, 31 January 2013; Moody's Sovereign Risk Conference 2012, New York, USA, 7 December 2012; Symposium "Government Debt in Democracies: Causes, Effects and Limits", Berlin, Germany, 30 November-1 December, 2012; Moody's Russia Annual Credit Risk Conference 2012, Moscow, Russia, 24 October 2012; Moody's 6^th. Poland Annual Credit Risk Conference 2012, Warsaw, Poland, 17 October 2012; Seminar "The Euro and Europe: Strengthening the Structures", at the International Monetary Fund/World Bank 2012 Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 12 October 2012^[6]; Moody's Annual Financial Institutions Conference 2012, Moody's, New York, USA, 21 September 2012; "The Bellwether Panel Sessions", Renaissance Capital 16^th Annual Investors Conference, Moscow, Russia, 25-26 June 2012; "Fast Growing Markets Economists' Roundtable", XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 21-23 June 2012; Conference "Market Risk & The Impact of Financial Volatility", Chambre de Commerce, Luxembourg, 18 May 2012;"COFACE Country Risk Meeting 2012", COFACE, New York, USA, 10 May 2012; "US and China: New Business Partnerships", Hosftra University, New York, USA, 8 May 2012; Moody's Sovereign Risk Conference 2012 "Sovereign Risk and Changes in the Global Economy: BRICS and Beyond", Moody's, New York, USA, 1 May 2012; XIII HSE International Conference, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, 4 April 2012; Meeting "Europe 2020 Summit", Lisbon Council, Brussels, Belgium, 27 February 2012; Financial Forum "Opening the Black Box: Sovereign Bonds Ratings Methodology", Sacred Heart University, USA, 2 February 2012; Western Economic Association 2011 Meeting, San Diego, USA, 29 June-3 July 2011; RIA-Novosti International Conference "The Russian Money Market in 2010", Hotel Marriot Grand, Moscow, Russia, 21 October 2010; EBRD-NFEA International Conference "Moscow as International Financial Center, Russian Ruble as reserve currency: reality and prospects", Hotel National, Moscow, Russia, 8 September 2010; 3^rd. Annual Conference of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) "Belarus' Path in Europe", Minsk, Belarus, 9-10 February 2010; Course "A Practical Guide to the European Neighbourhood Policy", EIPA, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 30 November-2 December 2009; Presentation "The BRICS and the Crisis", European Commission Central Library, Brussels, Belgium, 16 November 2009; "First Workshop on Macrofinancial and Macroeconomic Policies for Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries", European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, 2 October 2009; "The EU Neighbouring Countries and the Crisis", OECD, Paris, France, 17 September 2009; "X^th International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development", Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, 7-9 April 2009^[7]; Conference "The EU Eastern Neighbourhood: Economic Challenges Ahead", CEPS, Brussels, Belgium, 18 March 2009; OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Seminar "Improving the Climate for Foreign Investment", Minsk, Belarus, 11 March 2009; Conference "Energy Challenges in Northern Europe", Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland, 27-29 November 2008; Conference "Energy: A Cross-cutting Influence on EU Widening and Deepening", CEPS, Brussels, Belgium, 12 November 2008; Third Meeting of the "European Commission-Russian Government Macroeconomic Dialogue", Ministry of Finance, Moscow, Russia, 5-6 November 2008; Euromoney Russia and CIS 2008 Conference, Moscow, Russia, September 9-10 2008; EACES 10^th Conference, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, August 28-30 2008; Workshop "Economic Aspects of the Energy Sector in CIS Countries", IEA, Paris, France, July 18 2008; Workshop "Economic Aspects of the Energy Sector in CIS Countries", EBRD, London, UK, June 16 2008; EU-Russia Dialogue Special Meeting on "Economic Aspects of the Energy Sector in CIS Countries", EU Delegation, Moscow, Russia, May 30 2008; Launching of the book "Russia: A Different Country", CEPS, Brussels, 7 May 2008; OECD-Russia Experts Meeting on Russia Investment Policy, CSR, Alexander House, Moscow, Russia, 9 April 2008; ECB-CBR Conference "The Future of the Russian Economy", Tula, Russia, 14 June 2007; CASE Conference "Winds of Change: The Impact of Globalisation on European and Asia", Kiev, Ukraine, 23-24 March 2007; World Bank/EBRD Conference "Building Institutions for Evidence Based Trade Policy Decision-Making: International Experience and Russian Strategy", EBRD, London, UK, 26-27 October, 2006; "Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in Transition Economies", Central Bank of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus, 20-21 February 2006; 7^th. Annual Global Development Conference, "Institutions and Development: At the Nexus of Global Change", St. Petersburg, Russia, January 19-21, 2006;[8] Tenth Annual Meeting of LACEA (Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association), Paris, France, October 27-29, 2005;^[9] UACES 35^th. Annual Conference and 10th Research Conference "The EU: Past and Future Enlargements", 5-7 September 2005, Zagreb, Croatia; 8^th. Conference on Global Economic Analysis, 9-11 June 2005, Lübeck, Germany; World Bank "Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics -ABCDE- in Europe", 23-24 May 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Bank of Finland (BOFIT)/Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) "Workshop on the Russian Economy", Moscow, 8-9 April, 2005; BASEES Annual Conference, Cambridge University, 1-3 April 2005, Cambridge, United Kingdom; European Union Studies Association (EUSA) 9th. Biennial International Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, March 31-April 2, 2005; 8th. Spring Seminar of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 February, 2005; Second Meeting of the UACES Study Group on "Monetary Policy in Selected CIS Countries", Bank of Finland Institute of Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki, Finland, 10-11 February 2005; 25th SUERF Colloquium, IESE, Madrid, Spain, 14-16 October 2004; UACES 34th Annual Conference and 9th Research Conference "The European Union: New Neighbours, New Challenges"; Annual Conference of the "Money, Macro and Finance Research Group", 6-8 September 2004, Cass Business School, United Kingdom; First Meeting of the UACES Study Group on "Monetary Policy in Selected CIS Countries", UNU-CRIS, Bruges, Belgium, 12 July 2004; "Final Workshop of the Project  'Analysis of Monetary and Trade Policy Questions for the Russian Federation'", New Economic School, Moscow, Russian Federation, 4 June 2004; "May Meetings of the Review of Economic Studies", Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, 14-15 May 2004; World Bank "Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics -ABCDE- in Europe", 10-11 May 2004, Brussels, Belgium; Bank of Finland (BOFIT)/Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) "Workshop on Transition Economics", Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 2-3 April, 2004; Workshop "Economic and Political Relations after the EU Enlargement: The Visegrad Countries and Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova", ICEG-EC, Budapest, Hungary, 5-6 February 2004; "Lectures Series", Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt a. M., 23 January 2004; Seminar "The Euroarea and the New EU Member States - Launching of the book", Reading University, Reading, United Kingdom, 19 November 2003; "The Econometrics of Emerging Countries", University of Toledo, Spain, 6-7 November 2003; "Second Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy Research", Central Bank of Hungary, 2-3 October, 2003, Budapest, Hungary; Annual Conference of the "Money, Macro and Finance Research Group", 10-12 September 2003, Cambridge University, United Kingdom;"Monetary Policies in Latin America", IfW, 11-12 September, 2003, Kiel, Germany;Sixth Conference on Global Economic Analysis, 12-14 June 2003, Scheveningen, The Netherlands; "Regional Partnerships Project Conference", 7-9 June, 2003, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; "First Workshop of the USAID/IRIS Project n° 220/001.0-03-337", New Economic School, 10 May 2003, Moscow, Russian Federation; DG ECOFIN Seminar Series, "A Primer on Budgetary Questions on the New EU Members States", DG ECOFIN, European Commission, 21 March 2003, Brussels, Belgium; "ASP Seminar Series", IfW, 30 January 2003, Kiel, Germany; "Exchange Rate Strategies During the EU Enlargement", ICEG-EC High Level Scientific Conference 27-30 November, 2002 Budapest, Hungary; "International Economic Association's World Congress", September 9-13 2002, Lisbon, Portugal; "The 8th. Dubrovnik Conference: Monetary Policy and Currency Substitution in Emerging Markets", 27-29 June 2002, Cavtat, Croatia; "Sustainable Development and the General Equilibrium Approach", Fifth Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Center for Sustainable Development, National Tsing Hua University, 5-7 June 2002, Taipe, Taiwan; Third Workshop of the ACE-PHARE Project "Monetary and Exchange Rate Strategies Related to the Current European Union’s Enlargement Processes", CASE, Warsaw, Poland, 15-16 February, 2002; "GDN01: 3rd Annual Global Development Conference", Sofitel Palace Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Seminar Series, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn, October 30, 2001; Seminar Series, Euro College, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, October 12, 2001; Bank of Finland Institute for Transition (BOFIT) Seminar Series, Helsinki, Finland, October 9, 2001; Seminar Series, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn, September 27, 2001; "Third Conference of the European Trade Study Group", ULB, Brussels, Belgium, September 14-16, 2001; Seminar Series, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn, August 31, 2001; Special Seminar, "PHARE Project Results", Bank of Estonia, Tallinn, August 15, 2001; "EERC-GDN 2^nd. Workshop", Kiev, Ukraine, July 26-30, 2001; CEPR Annual Transition Economics Summer Workshop for Young Academics", Portoroz, Slovenia, 27 June - 5 July 2001; Second Workshop of the ACE-PHARE Project "Monetary and Exchange Rate Strategies Related to the Current European Union’s Enlargement Processes", Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 11-12 May, 2001; TIR (Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam) "Lunch Seminars Series", Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 18, April 2001; "International Atlantic Economic Society Conference", Athens, Greece, March 13-20, 2001; "EERC-GDN Workshop", Moscow, Russian Federation, February 2-4, 2001;  "NAKE Research Day 2000", Dutch Central Bank (DNB), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 13, October, 2000; First Workshop of the ACE-PHARE Project "Monetary and Exchange Rate Strategies Related to the Current European Union’s Enlargement Processes", Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Leuven, Belgium, 29-30 September, 2000; XIth Summer School of the European Economic Association, "The Sources of European Growth", Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 4-9 September, 2000; Summer University 2000, "The Political Economy of an Eastern Enlargement of the EU", Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary, 10-21 July, 2000; "Financial Crises in Transition Countries: Recent Lessons and Problems yet to Solve", Institute for Economic Research (IWH), Halle University, Germany, 13-14 July, 2000; "Young Economists Meeting 2000", Oxford University, United Kingdom, 26-28 March, 2000; "Seminars Series", LICOS, University of Leuven, Belgium, 2, December, 1999; "NAKE Research Day 1999", Erasmus University, The Netherlands, 22, October, 1999; 4^th. Trilateral Conference "Transition, European Integration, and Institutional Change", at CERGE-EI, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, September 30-October 2, 1999; "Lunch Seminars Series", TIA (Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 21, September, 1999; "Lunch Seminars Series", TIR (Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 16, September, 1999; "ZEI Summer School on International Macroeconomics", 9-20 August, 1999, ZEI, Bonn University, Germany; "Financial Turbulences and Capital Markets in Transition Countries", CTU, Germany, 4-5 February, 1999; "The EMU and the Outside World", ETH, Switzerland, 11, December, 1998; "NAKE Research Day 1998", UvA, The Netherlands, 23, October, 1998; "International Trade and Finance Association VII^th. International Conference", UdP, Portugal, 21-25, May, 1997; "XXXVIII^th. Annual Conference of Monetary Studies", at the CBTT, October 28- November 1, 1996; "4^th. Meeting of The Working Group on Smaller Economies for The Free Trade Area of The Americas", at the ECLAC, 10, October, 1996; "International Trade and Finance Association VIth International Conference", at the University of San Diego, USA, 22-25, May, 1996; Joint ECLAC/ECCB Seminar "Improving The Data Supply Modality", in St. Kitts, 13-14, May, 1996; Workshop and Coordinating Meeting of the Project "Promotion of Trade and Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean", at the ECLAC, 10-11, October, 1995; Workshop of the Project "Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) - East and West: The Experiences of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Spain", at the CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic, 6-7 April, 1995.