The workshop brings together many economists from around the African continent and globally fulfilling one of our major mandates – to strengthen local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous inquiry into problems facing the management of economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The five...

NOITS aims to organise annual workshops with presentations by Nordic researchers and graduate students specialising in international economics. In addition, a few non-Nordic researchers with a considerable international reputation are invited. The network serves several purposes. First, it...

Topics: - Key commodity sectors spearheading growth - Returning liquidity and increased trade and commodity finance appetite - How are foreign investments enhancing the regional brand? - Multilateral initiatives and priority projects - Analysing Islamic finance as an alternative model for...

Conference Theme: Managing and Marketing Organizations in an Era of Global Economic Uncertainty and Environmental Complexity

The lecture will explore the theoretical and empirical links between international trade and economic development over a wide range of space and time, drawing on models and ideas based on his previous work and that of others. Special attention will be paid to such topics as the spice trade, the...

The two-day conference will span a broad range of topics, including growth, trade and finance for development; poverty and inequality; strategies for poverty reduction; conflict; and economic policy-making for development. Presentations will deal not only with current research issues but will...