2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 Welcome from Prof Wilma Viviers, director of TRADE Once again the year seems to have raced by, making us wonder how 2019 could be around the corner already! Yet it has been a busy and productive year for TRADE. And in…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 WTO Chairs Programme - looking back on four memorable years The WTO Chairs Programme is currently in its fourth and final year at the NWU, which means that certain projects are being wrapped up and TRADE’s activity calendar…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 Exciting collaboration potential between TRADE and the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh A recent highlight was a visit to TRADE by 10 academics from the International Business Department at the University of Dhaka in…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 TRADE joins SAIIA for a project on plurilaterals Two researchers from the TRADE research focus area, Ms. Ali Parry (Extraordinary Research Scientist) and Dr. Adelia Jansen Van Rensburg (Postdoctoral Fellow) traveled to Dhaka…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 International Trade and TRADE-DSM® User Group Conference On 11 and 12 September, an interesting cross-section of trade experts and policymakers in South Africa gathered in Pretoria to attend a conference convened by the NWU…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 Digital transformation and trade - the future is getting closer ‘ Southern Africa and the Digital Challenge: How the G20 Can Influence a Digital Turnaround in the Region ’. This is the title of a chapter that TRADE was…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 TRADE looks east - exploring trade opportunities in the Indian Ocean Rim and China with the TRADE-DSM® TRADE has been researching the potential of using the TRADE-DSM® to bridge the information gap and reveal untapped export…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 African trade flows and the AfCFTA - new hope or false dawn? The untapped trade potential and the barriers that impede trade and investment flows in Africa were put under the spotlight at a ‘ Trade flows in Africa ’ workshop…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism - unpacking the role of business in South Africa A new book hit the bookshelves earlier this year, penned by well-known economist, Prof Raymond Parsons from the NWU Business School, together…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 TRADE PhD student thrives at WTO under Doctoral support programme According to the old adage, ‘you cannot become international by staying at home’. Several Master’s and PhD students studying through TRADE have been fortunate…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 PhD for David Dyason On 19 October 2018, David Dyason received his PhD in Economics at a formal NWU graduation ceremony. His doctoral studies were concerned with investigating the economic value, at a local and regional…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 Recent outputs from TRADE TRADE continually strives to expand the scope of its research activities and outputs, and has an impressive array of accredited articles, conference papers and other publications to its credit. In…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 Upcoming events Final opportunity to apply for 2019 PhD programmes Date: 31 January 2019 Details: The final deadline for applications to the 2019 PhD programmes is 31 January 2019. You can find out more about our Master's…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 TRADE team members contribute chapters to recently published books In addition to Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism: The Role of Business in South Africa , TRADE team members have also contributed chapters to other books…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 PhD student Lorainne Ferreira presents research at WTO Public Forum Ms Lorainne Ferreira and Prof Ermie Steenkamp recently attended the 2018 WTO Public Forum in Geneva (this year the theme was ‘Trade 2030’) and presented a…
2020-11-18 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #6/2018 Research excellence recognised Professors Derick Blaauw’s and Anmar Pretorius ’s research in recent years has taken them into the complex but fascinating domain of the informal economy, with a particular focus on the…
2020-11-18UPCOMING EVENTS Tweets by @NWU_TRADE [accordion collapsed], TRADE in a nutshell, TRADE (an acronym for Trade and Development) is a research focus area at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) specialising in the fields of international trade and economic development. Prof Wilma Viviers is the director of TRADE, and also holds a…, Export diversification and competitiveness, Convenor: Dr Ermie Steenkamp ( ermie.steenkamp@nwu.ac.za ) The research conducted within the Export diversification and competitiveness programme is mainly focused on export promotion and identifying export opportunities for products and services, export…, Economic development, Convenor: Dr Anmar Pretorius ( anmar.pretorius@nwu.ac.za ) The Economic development programme is fortunate in being able to count on a team of experienced and dedicated researchers with an impressive number of national and international contributions to…, Agriculture, Convenor: Dr Ernst Idsardi ( ernst.idsardi@nwu.ac.za ) The team in the Agriculture programme consists of Dr Ernst Idsardi, Dr Flippie Cloete, Dr David Spies, Dr Johnny van der Merwe, Ms Lindie Stroebel (extraordinary research scientist) and Prof Zerihun…, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa, Convenor: Prof Henri Bezuidenhout ( henri.bezuidenhout@nwu.ac.za ) The FDI in Africa programme team consists of Prof Henri Bezuidenhout and Dr Carike Claassen. This unit is highly specialised and networked with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment,…
