Vi Commodity Workshop in French
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A second edition of the commodity workshop (Dakar, Senegal, 5-9 June 2006) gathered participants from French-speaking African universities and research institutes. The objective was to present the training package developed by the Vi and the UNCTAD Commodity Branch, and to discuss participants' teaching and research of commodity issues and the ways of enhancing them. The participants left very motivated and with concrete ideas about how they will use the materials and tools from the workshop in their academic work.
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