Prof Wilma Viviers and Mr Martin Cameron were keynote speakers at the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) Congress which took place from 7-8 June 2018 in Port Elizabeth. Their topic was 'Developing strategies for export promotion using a…
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…
Title: The need for coordinated renewable energy, trade and industrial policy – avoiding unintended socio-economic consequences Author(s): Cameron, M., Kritzinger-Van Niekerk, L. & Viviers, W. Abstract: In recent times…
Title: A simulation approach for reconciling customs and trade risk associated with cross-border freight movements Author(s): Hoffman, A., Grater, S., Schaap, A., Maree, J. & Bhero, E. Abstract: Southern Africa critically…
Title: Inclusive growth and wage inequality: The case of South African manufacturing exporters Author(s): Paper to be presented by Bezuidenhout, C., Matthee, M. & Rankin, N. Abstract: The experience of many countries around the world is that…
Title: Driving inclusive growth and enhancing intra-African trade through service sector development Author(s): Paper presented by Grater, S. & Viviers, W. Abstract: The development of services sectors in least-developed…
Title: E-commerce and the digital economy: challenges and needs in Southern Africa Author(s): Paper presented by Viviers, W. on behalf of M-L Kuhn and A Parry Abstract: With more and more economic activities relying on…
Title: Investigating the value chain dimension of FDI in and outflows of the agro-industrial sector of South Africa Author(s): Kleynhans, E., Bezuidenhout, H. & Grater, S. Abstract: The integration of Africa into global trade and production…