The workshop of the Education Sector Services was held on 12-13 September 2016 at Labourdonnais Hotel, Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius. The Chairperson of the APEI Technical Committee, coordinators of the education sector study from…

The Regional Trade Policy Course  (Mauritius) 2018 shall run from Monday 14th May to Friday 06th July 2018, i.e. over a period of 8 consecutive weeks. Thirty one delegates of English speaking African members and observers of the WTO,…

A national workshop on facilitating the movement of professionals through mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) was held at the University of Mauritius from 9 to 10 May 2017. The workshop is part of the WTO Chair’s programme to support and promote…

This paper tests the hypothesis that GDP growth volatility depends on trade openness, on economic governance and on the stage of development of a given economy. The results show that trade openness has a positive effect on growth volatility…

The presentation describes the origins of the economic and monetary union and the Euro area, the role of the European Central Bank (ECB), and the many factors that led to the euro crisis. The presentation concludes by proposing measures and…

The Chair, Dr Houcine Boughanmi and Dr Hemesiri Kotagama, member of the chair team attended the 2016 GTAP (Global Economic Analysis) conference held at the World Bank, Washignton DC on 15-17 June 2016 where they presented a paper in the WTO…

The WTO Chair at Sultan Qaboos University hosted the Second MENA Trade Workshop “Trade, WTO and Food Security” on March 21 and 22, 2015. The two-day workshop has discussed the linkage between trade, WTO and food security as well as other trade…

The College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences at SQU, together with UNCATD organised a workshop on the date export development. The chair participated as a speaker on this workshop and delivered a speech on  “Export Promotion Policies and…

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…

The international Conference on International Trade and Investment with the theme "Globalisation at Crossroads: Implications for the Developing World" came at an opportune time. The conference  provided an opportunity to get acquainted with…