Trade Topics

Aid for Trade is an important part of Official Development Assistance (ODA). With the purpose of improving trade capacity of developing countries, developed countries provide free aid (grants) or concessional loans to developing countries for…

The economic upturn and performance of Mauritius is a far cry from predictions made in the 1960s. The island’s remarkable economic performance since the 1980s can been attributed to a multitude of factors instrumental to the success of the…

Introductory Framework for International Tourism: A Statistical Review, International/Regional Tourism Organizations (WTO, WTTC, IOR/ARC, IOC), The Host Region from an International Perspective (Attributes, Image), International Travel: Linking…

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…

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…