Newsletter Issue #3A WTO Public Forum
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 27-29 September 2016: NWU TRADE at WTO Public Forum Proffs Derick Blaauw and Sonja Grather, and Dr Anmar Pretorius accompanied the NWU’s WTO Chair holder, Prof Wilma Viviers, to the 16th WTO Public Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The annual Public Forum is the WTO’s flagship event, according to their website,…
Newsletter Issue #3A Book launch
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 New book launched at WTO Chairs Conference On Monday 14 November, during the WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) Annual Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, a new book was launched by the WTO titled Trade costs and inclusive growth: Case studies presented by WTO Chair holders . This authoritative book examines how the WTO’s…
Newsletter Issue #3B
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 TRADE staff and postgraduate students polish their skills One of TRADE’s priorities – and strengths – is that researchers have the opportunity to attend training at regular intervals to ensure that they are up to speed with the latest developments and thinking in their particular areas of focus. Ms Michelle…
Newsletter Issue #3B CC
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Training in cross-cultural issues Prof Henri Bezuidenhout attended two training courses recently, on Cross-Cultural Intelligence and Cross-Cultural Competency. From 17-21 October 2016, Prof Bezuidenhout underwent training at the Cultural Intelligence Center in Los Angeles in the United States and obtained an…
Newsletter Issue #3B GTAP
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 GTAP training by Prof Lucas Ferraz Prof Lucas Ferraz, from the Fundação Getulio Vargas and the São Paulo School of Economics in Brazil, visited the NWU from 5-9 September 2016. Among his various engagements that week, he conducted a two-day introductory training workshop for School of Economics staff and PhD…
Newsletter Issue #3B TPA
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Training in trade policy analysis for TRADE doctoral student Ms Lorainne Ferreira, a PhD student in TRADE, attended a highly informative course on trade policy analysis in Dakar, Senegal from 21-25 November 2016. The course, which was hosted by the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning and The…
Newsletter Issue #3B LSE
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 LSE-UCT Winter School 2016 Ms Michelle Groenewald and Mr Caro Janse van Rensburg, both currently busy with their Master’s level studies in Economics at TRADE, took part in the winter school organised by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in association with the London School of Economics (LSE). The course they…
Newsletter Issue #3B MCom Winter School
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 MCom Winter School On 4 and 5 August 2016, the annual Winter School of the School of Economics took place in E3-138. This Winter School forms part of the MCom in International Trade and Economics programme and all Master's level students are expected to attend. The focus of the Winter School was on the immediate…
Newsletter Issue #3C
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 TRADE partners with SAIIA to study changing global patterns and policies TRADE and SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs) have been collaborating in a number of projects aimed at better understanding the changing character of the global trading environment and how it can be used as a catalyst for…
Newsletter Issue #3C WTO-Chair (NWU) and SAIIA workshop
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 WTO-Chair (NWU) and SAIIA workshop On 22 September, the NWU's TRADE research entity, under the auspices of the WTO Chairs Programme, hosted a workshop together with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) on the topic: ' Navigating global economic headwinds and tailwinds: New directions for…
Newsletter Issue #3J
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 TRADE Advisory on the go TRADE, in association with the NWU spin-out company, TRADE Research Advisory (Pty) Ltd (trading as TRADE Advisory), has been involved in a series of export opportunity analysis and capacity-building projects over the past six months, working closely with teams from the Department of Trade…
Newsletter Issue #3D
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Trade and gender under the spotlight Given its abundant resources and huge consumer market, Africa should be taking full advantage of the benefits of regional and global trade. However, African countries are faced with innumerable challenges that suppress their trade potential – not least of which is the fact that…
Newsletter Issue #3D Gender
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 TRADE participates in SAIIA workshop on harnessing gender for inclusive trade On 9 December 2016, Prof Wilma Viviers and Ms Ali Parry participated in a workshop in Johannesburg titled 'Harnessing Gender for Inclusive Trade', which was hosted by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the…
Newsletter Issue #3E
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Africa in focus Much of TRADE’s research work centres on Africa – as a market, supplier, investment location and source of development opportunities for regional powers. Zimbabwe's unexpected import ban, in the middle of last year, on a raft of goods from South Africa demonstrated how a swift and unthinking change…
Newsletter Issue #3E IAES
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Prof Henri Bezuidenhout shares research findings on FDI in Africa Prof Henri Bezuidenhout attended the 82nd International Atlantic Economic Conference in Washington, D.C. in the United States from 13-16 October 2016 where he presented two papers: 'Determinants of cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the…
Newsletter Issue #3E Namibia
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Prof Derick Blaauw attends research conference in Namibia From 13-14 October 2016, Prof Derick Blaauw was in Windhoek in Namibia to deliver a paper at the 8th Annual Research Conference of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at the University of Namibia (UNAM). The theme of the conference was ‘…
Newsletter Issue #3F
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Awards season for several TRADE researchers The last few months have seen a number of researchers from TRADE honoured with awards in recognition of their contribution to the research profession as well as their ability to bring often poorly-understood topics to the attention of local and international audiences. …
Newsletter Issue #3F TRADE WTO awards
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 TRADE-WTO awards function Three separate WTO-sponsored awards were presented at the TRADE-WTO awards function held in July 2016 at the NWU: the best PhD thesis, the best WTO-related paper and the most promising Honours student at TRADE. These awards aim to recognise and encourage excellent scholarship and research…
Newsletter Issue #3F Women in Science award
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 South African Women in Science Awards On 11 August 2016, at the South African Women in Science Awards function held in Johannesburg, Prof Marianne Matthee was named Second Runner-up in the Distinguished Young Women Researcher category (Humanities and Social Sciences division). The South African Women in Science…