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Find sources : `` International Economic Association '' -- news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( April 2015 ) International Economic Association 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 a Non-Governmental Organization that was founded in 1950, at the instigation of the Social Sciences Department of UNESCO. It has since its creation maintained information and consultative relations with UNESCO and is since 1973 a federated member of the International Social Science Council. Its aim from the beginning has been 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. Contents 1 Organization 1.1 Council 1.2 Executive Committee 1.2. 1 Executive Committee members 2 Assembles and Presidents 3 Membership 4 Activities 5 References 6 External links Organization The IEA has two main bodies which rule the association 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 President Tim Besley ( UK ) President - elect Kaushik Basu ( India ) Vice President Dani Rodrik ( Turkey ) Treasurer Erik Berglöf ( Sweden ) Secretary General Omar Licandro ( Spain ) Past President Joseph Stiglitz ( USA ) Past past President Masahiko Aoki ( Japan ) Members Daron Acemoglu ( Turkey ) Fuad Aleskerov ( Russia ) Chong - En Bai ( China ) Bruce Chapman ( Australia ) Avner Greif ( Israel ) Louis Kasekende ( Uganda ) Eliana La Ferrara ( Italy ) Dalia Marin ( Germany ) Jose Antonio Ocampo ( Colombia ) Torsten Persson ( Sweden ) Nagla Rizk ( Egypt ) Rohini Somanathan ( India ) Jan Svejnar ( Czech Republic ) Sukhadeo Thorat ( India ) Andrés Velasco ( Chile ) Advisers Joan Esteban ( Spain ) Ercan Uygur ( Turkey ) Jean - Paul Fitoussi ( France ) Assembles and Presidents General assembles and Presidents Nr. Year Location Presidents 18. 2017 Santa Fe, Mexico City Mexico 17. 2014 Dead Sea Jordan 23. 2014 -... Timothy Besley United Kingdom 16. 2011 Beijing China 22. 2011 -- 2014 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 15. 2008 Istanbul Turkey 21. 2008 -- 2011 Masahiko Aoki Japan 14. 2005 Marrakech Morocco 20. 2005 -- 2008 Guillermo Calvo United States 13. 2002 Lisbon Portugal 19. 2002 -- 2005 János Kornai Hungary 12. 1999 Buenos Aires Argentina 18. 1999 -- 2002 Robert M. Solow United States 11. 1995 Tunis Tunisia 17. 1995 -- 1999 Jacques Drèze Belgium 10. Moscow Russia 16. 1992 -- 1995 Michael Peter Bruno Israel 9. Athens Greece 15. 1989 -- 1992 Anthony B. Atkinson United Kingdom 8. 1986 New Delhi India 14. 1986 -- 1989 Amartya Sen India 7. Madrid Spain 13. 1983 -- 1986 Kenneth Arrow United States 6. 1980 Mexico Mexico 12. 1980 -- 1983 Victor L. Urquidi Mexico 5. 1977 Tokyo Japan 11. 1977 -- 1980 Shigeto Tsuru Japan 4. Budapest Hungary 10. 1974 -- 1977 Edmond Malinvaud France 9. 1971 -- 1974 Fritz Machlup United States 3. 1968 Montreal Canada 8. 1968 -- 1971 Erik Lundberg Sweden 7. 1965 -- 1968 Paul A. Samuelson United States 2. 1962 Vienna Austria 6. 1962 -- 1965 G. Ugo Papi Italy 5. 1959 -- 1962 Edward Austin G. Robinson United States 1. 1956 Rome Italy 4. 1956 -- 1959 Erik Lindahl Sweden 3. 1953 -- 1956 Howard S. Ellis United States 2. 1950 -- 1953 Gottfried Haberler Austria & United States x 1950 1. 1950 ( interim ) Joseph Alois Schumpeter Austria & United States Membership The IEA is in effect a federation of national academic associations or committees representing the economists of each country. It does not have individual members. Its Member Associations at the present time number 68 ( including thirteen associate members ). This does not however mean that economists from countries which are not represented by a Member Association do not take part in the IEA 's work and meetings. In the implementation of each project, invitations are sent to those individuals or research institutes - regardless of nationality - which 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, while `` 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, Marrakech, 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. References Jump up ^ IEA General Information / Activities. Retrieved 07 / 07 / 2015. Jump up ^ IEA Past Congresses. Retrieved 07 / 07 / 2015. External links Official website Presidents of the International Economic Association Joseph Schumpeter ( 1950 ) Gottfried Haberler ( 1950 -- 1953 ) Howard S. Ellis ( 1953 -- 1956 ) Erik Lindahl ( 1956 -- 1959 ) E.A.G. Robinson ( 1959 -- 1962 ) Giuseppe Ugo Papi ( 1962 -- 1965 ) Paul A. Samuelson ( 1965 -- 1968 ) Erik Lundberg ( 1968 -- 1971 ) Fritz Machlup ( 1971 -- 1974 ) Edmond Malinvaud ( 1974 -- 1977 ) Shigeto Tsuru ( 1977 -- 1980 ) Víctor L. Urquidi ( 1980 -- 1983 ) Kenneth Arrow ( 1983 -- 1986 ) Amartya Sen ( 1986 -- 1989 ) Anthony B. Atkinson ( 1989 -- 1992 ) Michael Bruno ( 1992 -- 1995 ) Jacques Drèze ( 1995 -- 1999 ) Robert M. Solow ( 1999 -- 2002 ) János Kornai ( 2002 -- 2005 ) Guillermo Calvo ( 2005 -- 2008 ) Masahiko Aoki ( 2008 -- 2011 ) Joseph E. Stiglitz ( 2011 -- 2014 ) Tim Besley ( 2014 -- ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Economic_Association&oldid=762734097 '' Categories : Economics organizations Organizations established in 1950 Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from January 2017 All articles needing additional references Articles with topics of unclear notability from April 2015 All articles with topics of unclear notability Pages using infobox organization with unsupported parameters All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Español Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 30 January 2017, at 12 : 45. About Wikipedia

Question: who took over as president of the iea
Answer: Tim Besley (UK)