This thesis aimed at developing both single product and composite measures of financial inclusion and to establish how it links to welfare and vulnerability to poverty in Kenya. This is motivated by the need to raise financial inclusion to the…
The theory of international trade is one of the oldest subfields of Economics and its central concerns remain those of David Ricardo. In recent years the field of international economics has exhibited a major expansion of the range of topics…
The course aims at analyzing the international economic system and the main problems and events, especially with regard to Kenya and other developing countries. Emphasis will lie on the theoretical framework that helps to explain the actual…
The members of the WTO Chairs Program at the University of Nairobi spent 3 days working with delegates from the Great Lakes Facilitation Project in COMESA Lusaka to validate the Trainers of Trainers manuals.
The original course outline and outcomes have been extended with assistance from WTO experts who provided STATA training and other inputs. The current Research Methodology Course sets out to equip the Economics and International Trade fourth…
The second trial sessions of a new tailored short course in Academic Writing Skills for new Master’s and PhD students in Economics and International Trade took place in March/April 2017. The sessions were spread over four days: 16–17 March 2017…
Day 1: Research Designs and Research Methodology • Qualitative research: design, methodology • Qualitative research designs: case, action, narrative, ethnography • Research methodology: sampling, data collection, data…
A cultural intelligence (CQ) workshop was organised to enhance participants’ understanding of the role of cross-cultural competency in international trade. The workshop looked at how culture influences the entire spectrum of trade, from…
Prof Lucas Ferraz, from the Fundação Getulio Vargas and the São Paulo School of Economics in Brazil, visited the NWU from 5-9 September. Among his various engagements that week, he conducted a two-day introductory training workshop for School of…
Additional WTO related topics have been included in the current undergraduate and postgraduate modules of the BCom and BCom Honours degrees in Economics and International trade.