43. Conclusions and Follow-Ups

The aim of the International Conference ESPERA, initiated in 2013 by the National Institute for Economic Research “Costin C. Kirițescu” (NIER) of the Romanian Academy, is to present and evaluate the economic scientific research portfolio and to argue and substantiate the Romanian development strategies – including European and global best practices. The 9th edition of the Conference, ESPERA 2022, had the theme: “Constraints and opportunities in shaping the future. New approaches to economics and policy making”. The Conference agenda includes in the Plenary Session, as guests of honour, scientific personalities from the Romanian Academy and prestigious international institutions, containing approximately 140 papers, structured into 15 parallel sessions, with more than 300 authors from 14 countries. The international event was launched as a thought-provoking exercise for researchers and was organized in such a way as to provide an academic platform for debates, covering the broadest approaches, enabling an interactive exchange of ideas and the latest results and findings, including those emerged in economic science arising from both fundamental and empirical researches and promoting evidence-based policy making new vision under multiple crisis circumstances.