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Vi videoconference for Belarusian university focuses on UNCTAD's TDR

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Tuesday, 13 March 2018 10:52

Vi staff

The videoconference for Vi core member, the Belarus State Economic University, held March 2, gathered approximately 20 undergraduate and graduate students, as well as their professors, for a presentation of the findings of UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report (TDR) 2018, entitled “Beyond Austerity: Towards a Global New Deal.”

Trade and Development Report is the flagship publication of UNCTAD, prepared annually by the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies. It consists of two main parts: the first one presents an analysis of the state of the world economy, while the second takes up one or several long-term development issues.

Kenyan university latest member of the Vi network

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Friday, 02 March 2018 14:03

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Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) became the Vi's 136th member today.

The fourth Kenyan institution to join the Vi network, MMUST was established as a constituent college of Vi affiliate member, Moi University, in December 2002. It was later elevated to university status through an Act of Parliament December 30, 2006. MMUST aims to provide university education, training and research through integrating sciences, technology and innovation into various programmes. Its 12 schools offer 47 PhDs, 39 Master’s and 7 graduate diplomas. The university also offers 74 undergraduate,11 diplomas and 22 certificate programmes.

Vi gains second university member in Turkey

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Wednesday, 10 January 2018 13:44

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Turkey's Istanbul Gedik University joined the Virtual Institute January 9, becoming the Vi's 55th affiliate institutional member. The second university from Turkey in the network, was founded in 2010 by Turkey’s Gedik Holding, the university cooperates with industry to provide students theoretical knowledge coupled with hands-on training to equip them with the necessary qualifications and skills in demand inthe national and international competitive industrial and business environment.

High marks for first Vi online course on structural transformation and industrial policy

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Friday, 29 December 2017 15:22

Farah Jerrari

Eighty-two academics, policymakers and representatives of civil society in 60 countries successfully completed the first edition of the Virtual Institute online course on structural transformation and industrial policy. Held November 1 to December 19 with funding from the Government of Finland, the course succeeded in preparing participants to contribute to policy design and enrich their academic work.

“The course has opened up a wide landscape of knowledge and skills we Least Developed Countries need to emulate in our quest for structural transformation with the aim of catching up with modern industrialization trends geared toward ending poverty,” said Themba Simelane, trade practitioner at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade in Swaziland. 

TDR focus of Vi videoconference for Pakistani core university member

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Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:50

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Master's students from Vi Pakistani core university member, the Institute of Business Administration (IBA),took part in a videoconference delivered by UNCTAD expert Ricardo Gottschalk, December 8. About 150 students from the business school attended the conference, based on UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report, entitled “Beyond Austerity: Towards a Global New Deal.”

Ricardo Gottschalk, of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, discussed the recent trends in the world economy and highlighted the current economic fragility in the context of a weak global demand. The presentation also provided a discussion of the main contributors to rising inequality in the global economy, including automation (and the use of robots), financialization and growing corporate market power.