…ackground paper discussing many of these issues can be accessed at: http://www.trentu.ca/ids/documents/Q2WP66_Shaffer.pdf The conference organizers are Paul Shaffer (Trent University) Ravi Kanbur (Cornell University) and Richard Sandbrook (University of Toronto). We are interested in theory and in recent or historical evidence on immiserizing growth, including: (i) Cross-Country Analyses; (ii) Country Studies; (iii) Micro-level Studies. Such analy…