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CHAPTER 1                                1.1 Introduction The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference held in Hong Kong in 2005 led to the creation of a new WTO work programme on Aid for Trade Initiative (AfT). It mandated the creation of a WTO Task Force to provide recommendations on (1) how to operationalize AfT, and (2) howContinueContinue reading “Aid for Trade Initiative: Through the African Lens”

Walter Russel Mead, The Return of Geopolitics: The Revenge of the Revisionist?Powers, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 93, No. 3 (MAY/JUNE 2014), pp. 69-74, 75-79,Council of Foreign Relations.    2018 has been an interesting year for international diplomacy; the United States of America,  (U.S.A) rejected the ideology of globalism; the mercurial role of the U.S. in climateContinueContinue reading “Response Paper: The Return of Geopolitics”

International legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction – Negotiation Simulation Exercise at KU Leuven  The simulation exercise was an excellent opportunity to be in a situation to experience the re-enactment of internationalContinueContinue reading “A Reflection Paper on the international legally binding instrument under the UNCLOS on the conservation and sustainable use of MBD of ABNJ”

    The paper will argue that political institutions and geography are important ‘deep determinants’ that have led to certain development outcomes in Africa. A comparison of Botswana and Kenya will show that shared historical background is not a prerequisite to development. A clear reference to the origins of institutions will be made to betterContinueContinue reading “Back to the roots: What is causing development? A closer look at Institutions in Botswana and Kenya”