New academic opportunities from the UNCTAD Virtual Institute network

I am pleased to forward the following offers from our member universities and extended network of partners. I hope you find them of interest.

Vi core member, the University of Jordan invites theoretical and empirical research papers and/or country context case studies in preparation for its upcoming international conference, "Understanding Global Business Environment: Its Economic, Financial, Accounting, Marketing, and IT Dimensions."

The conference aims to provide participants with an opportunity to get acquainted with the latest thinking on contemporary international economic and business issues, with particular emphasis on the effects of globalization on the socio-cultural, economic and technological dimensions of the business environment.

Abstract/extended abstract submission from researchers and practitioners in the fields of international business including economics, trade, finance, accounting, IT, and Marketing may be submitted to [email protected] (cc: [email protected]) until June 20.

The University of Jordan ? WTO-Chair programme will cover the cost of meals, hotels, local transportation and coffee breaks during the two days of the conference for participants from outside Jordan with accepted papers (one participant per paper).

For more information, call: WTO-Chair office at the University of Jordan: Tel.: 00962-6-5355000 ext.: 24152.

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Candidates from developing countries may participate in the 2013 GTAP 101 Course "Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Modeling (CGE)" for a discounted fee of USD 400. The course is scheduled for October 14 - November 17.

The five-week online course emphasizes an intuitive and graphical treatment of economic theory in the CGE model, and provides structured experiences in manipulating and running the standard GTAP Model within the RunGTAP software environment. Topics covered in this course include: Database, Demand, Supply, Factor Markets, Trade and Taxes. The course culminates in a group research project which provides participants with a hands-on opportunity to carry out a model experiment and analyze its economy-wide effects.

Applications must be submitted online by July 31.

For more information, contact Meghan Alexander.

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Best regards,

Susana Olivares
Virtual Institute
UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Division on Globalization and Development Strategies
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 917 5823 Fax: +41-22 917 0050
Web: http://vi.unctad.org