Trade Training Begins at ECA

Trade Training Begins at ECA
By Andrew Allimadi, Communication Officer, TRID, ECA
22 October 2004

Professor Rod Falvey from Nottingham University in the United Kingdom stressing a point during the training A training session for Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) staff on the Economics of International Trade and Trade Policy began today at the Commission's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The four-day course was organized by the Commission''''''''s Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) and the Institutional Strengthening Programme (ISP) to keep staff abreast of the latest academic work on trade. The course is being conducted by Professors Rod Falvey and Chris Milner from Nottingham University in the United Kingdom, a renown centre of excellence on international trade issues.

The course is divided into sub-sections covering economic theory and empirical evidence from which policy implications are derived. Topics covered include: Theory and empirical evidence on comparative advantage; trade in imperfectly competitive markets; evidence on new trade models; national trade policies; political economy of protection; structure and measurement of protection; design and limits of trade policy reform; and trade and growth. The course will conclude Wednesday 27 October.