2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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,…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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',…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER 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…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Agricultural Writers SA award for Dr Flippie Cloete On Friday 21 October 2016, the Agricultural Writers SA award ceremony took place in Pretoria. These awards acknowledge the outstanding achievements of three commercial…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 NWU Excellence in Research Awards On Friday 28 October 2016, at the NWU Excellence in Research Awards, Prof Wilma Viviers (holder of a WTO Chair) received the individual award for international recognition as well as a joint…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Reaching out to local communities TRADE, together with the School of Economics, is involved in an outreach programme, the ‘Holding Hands’ community project, whereby seamstresses in the community of Rysmierbult in the North…
