Title: Service sector SMEs in LDCs and LICs Author(s): Grater, S., Parry A. & Viviers, W. Abstract: The development of services sectors in least-developed countries (LDCs) and low-income countries (LICs) has the potential to stimulate…

Title: The impact of the recycling industry on poverty levels in South Africa’s informal economy: a case study of waste pickers in Pretoria Author(s): Blaauw, P.F., Pretorius, A.M., Schenck, C.J. & Viviers, W. Abstract:…

Several training workshops for users of the TRADE-DSM™ took place throughout the year. These were attended by a number of policymakers: 31 August 2016 - 16 policymakers 1 September 2016 - 16 policymakers 13 October 2016 - 3…

Three separate WTO-sponsored awards as well as one TRADE award were presented at the TRADE-WTO awards function held at the NWU on 1 June 2017. The WTO awards were for the best Master's degree dissertation in International Trade, the best…

The TRADE research entity was privileged to host a WTO workshop on Global Value Chains (GVCs) and Trade in Value Added (TiVA) for researchers, policymakers and PhD students from 30 May‒1 June 2017, as part for the WTO Chairs Programme outreach…

On Thursday 22 September 2016, the TRADE research entity held a policy-orientated workshop in collaboration with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and under the auspices of the WTO Chairs Programme on the topic ‘…

30-31 October 2013 Chair holder at the university of Jordan organizes a conference on the "Understanding Global Business Environment: Its Economic, Financial, Accounting, Marketing, and IT Dimensions" The Faculty of Business of…

Third international Conference on International Trade and Investment: Non-tariff measures, the new frontier of trade policy? 2-6 September 2013 Even though import tariffs have declined globally owing to the demands from the multilateral rounds…