The International Economic Association (IEA) is an NGO established in 1950, at the instigation of the Social Sciences Department of UNESCO. 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.

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.

Organization The IEA has two main bodies which rule the association: the council and the executive committee.

Council 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.

Executive committee members As of June 2026, following the Belgrade congress, the members of the executive committee are a follows: Position Name President Elhanan Helpman President-elect Eric Maskin Vice President Wendy Carlin Treasurer Omar Licandro Secretary General Lili Yan Ing Past President Dani Rodrik Past past President Kaushik Basu

Assembles and Presidents

+ General assembles IEA General Information/ Activities . Retrieved 07/07/2015. and Presidents IEA Past Congresses . Retrieved 07/07/2015.Nr.Year Location Presidents 21. 2026 Belgrade 27. 2026– Eric Maskin 20. 2023 Medellín 26. 2023–2026 Elhanan Helpman & 19. 2021 Bali 25. 2021–2023 Dani Rodrik & 18. 2017 Mexico City 24. 2017–2021 Kaushik Basu 17. 2014 Dead Sea 23. 2014–2017 Timothy Besley 16. 2011 Beijing 22. 2011–2014 Joseph E. Stiglitz 15. 2008 Istanbul 21. 2008–2011 Masahiko Aoki 14. 2005 Marrakesh 20. 2005–2008 Guillermo Calvo 13. 2002 Lisbon 19. 2002–2005 János Kornai 12. 1999 Buenos Aires 18. 1999–2002 Robert M. Solow 11. 1995 Tunis 17. 1995–1999 Jacques Drèze 10. 1992 Moscow 16. 1992–1995 Michael Peter Bruno 9. 1989 Athens 15. 1989–1992 Anthony B. Atkinson 8. 1986 New Delhi 14. 1986–1989 Amartya Sen 7. 1983 Madrid 13. 1983–1986 Kenneth Arrow 6. 1980 Mexico 12. 1980–1983 Victor L. Urquidi 5. 1977 Tokyo 11. 1977–1980 Shigeto Tsuru 4. 1974 Budapest 10. 1974–1977 Edmond Malinvaud 9. 1971–1974 Fritz Machlup 3. 1968 Montreal 8. 1968–1971 Erik Lundberg 7. 1965–1968 Paul A. Samuelson 2. 1962 Vienna 6. 1962–1965 G. Ugo Papi 5. 1959–1962 Edward Austin G. Robinson 1. 1956 Rome 4. 1956–1959 Erik Lindahl 3. 1953–1956 Howard S. Ellis 2. 1950–1953 Gottfried Haberler & x 1950 1. 1950 (interim) Joseph Alois Schumpeter &

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. 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.

Activities

Regional conferences have been held in various parts of the world to study problems particular to the region. East-West conferences have provided an opportunity for economists from Eastern and Western Europe to meet and discuss problems of common interest.

Particular attention has been paid also to problems of concern to developing countries by devoting whole conferences or sections of conferences and congresses to these problems. In the case of the developing countries considerable efforts have been made, often with the help of subsidies from UNESCO, the World Bank and the European Commission and international organizations to facilitate the participation of economists from these countries in the work of the IEA.

In essence, the activities of the IEA during the 65 years of its existence may be summed up as follows:

1. The organization of 115 specialists' conferences of a round-table type and the publication of 154 volumes of proceedings.

2. The organization of fifteen open international congresses: Rome 1956, Vienna 1962, Montreal 1968, Budapest 1974, Tokyo 1977, Mexico 1980, Madrid 1983, New Delhi 1986, Athens 1989, Moscow 1992, Tunis 1995, Buenos Aires 1999, Lisbon, 2002, Marrakesh, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2008, Beijing, China, July 2011 and Dead Sea, Jordan, 2014. Each of the Congresses was followed by some volumes of proceedings published by Palgrave Macmillan.

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