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NWU Economists and WTO-WCP Team Make Strong Contribution to ESSA’s 2025 Centenary Conference

The School of Economic Sciences at North-West University, together with researchers from the WTO Chairs Programme (WCP), proudly contributed to the 2025 Centenary Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA)—one of the country’s…

Panel at the WTO Public Forum: 5 pillars of inclusive trade

Inclusive trade has many definitions depending on the approach taken to the topic. The session will explore five aspects of inclusive trade, focusing on people and communities excluded from the benefits of trade. The Panel will examine how to…

Climate Change and Trade Governance: Implications for the Travel and Tourism Sector in SIDS and the Caribbean

The Public Forum is the WTO’s largest annual outreach event, which provides a platform for participants to discuss the latest developments in world trade and to propose ways of enhancing the multilateral trading system. This paper explores the…

The Caribbean Music Industry and the Digital Creative Economy: A Road-map for Innovation and Global Market Integration

Segundo Encuentro de Carnavales del Caribe, La Fundación Carnaval de Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia. The Meeting of "Carnavales del Caribe" discusses the economic contribution of Carnival in the Caribbean region. Drawing on the Caribbean’s…

Panel presenter of paper entitled "Climate Action: Prospects for the Tourism and Travel Industry in the Caribbean"

Annual SALISES Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica. This conference examined the Caribbean’s prospects for 2030 against the background of the aspirations of the peoples of the region articulated during the 1947 conference and the global goals…