...INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT JOB ADVERT THE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (C&D) IS A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION WORKING IN KARAMOJA CARRING OUT ITS ACTIVITIES IN VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTAL SECTORS. C&D IS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING YOUTH VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROJECT AND IS LOOKING FOR COMPETENT AND SUITABLE CANDIDATES TO FILL THE POSITIONS AS LISTED BELOW: Position: Data officer Job descriptions * Prioritize and perform data entry clerical duties in an organized manner. * Process paperwork and enter data in appropriate databases. * Administer data and implement various solutions to increase efficiency of project team. * Process and manage data relating to students’ progress and other records. * Keep confidentiality of the information availed to you by virtue of your position. * Perform analysis on all data relating to the programme. * Retrieve data and share it as may be required with the guidance and counselors. * Resolve discrepancies by using standard verification procedures. Qualification And Requirements. * Diploma certificate in computers related courses * Experience of working with Microsoft Access & Excel, and SQL Ability to work as part of a team and Independently * Flexible approach towards working patterns and environment. * Experience of dealing with large scale data analysis * Experience in ensuring the standards of data protection and security ...
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...Caribbean Dialogue July/August 1994 The Importance of Negotiation Preparedness: Reflections on the Caribbean Experience _________________________ Alister McIntyre Over the past three decades, the CARICOM countries have both individually, and as a group, accumulated considerable experience in regional and international negotiations. Within the region, the development of CARICOM and related institutions and arrangements have taken up a considerable amount of time of governments. Associated with that have been trade and economic agreements with major trading partners – European Union (EU), Canada and, more recently, the United States. Governments have also been involved in almost unending negotiations with the international financial institutions over their stabilisation and adjustment programmes. At different periods substantial attention has also been paid to global negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations and its specialized agencies, such as GATT. Furthermore, some governments have been intensely involved in negotiations with international companies in the fields such as natural resources telecommunications. It is not possible in a single presentation to distill and synthesise this wide variety of experiences into a set of reflections. What I shall do is to concentrate on the governmental trade and economic negotiations with overseas countries and groups of countries, partly because we are on the threshold of new negotiations for entry in to NAFTA, and...
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... In the past twenty years, the East Asian economies realized the freedom of foreign trade and direct investment (FDI) because of the influence of GATT/WTO and APEC and as a result, it further promotes the economic growth of East Asia. The mutual economic dependence of each countries has increased a lot and therefore, close economic cooperation among Asian countries is necessary for healthy economic development. Many countries try to deepen their cooperation by establishing agreement and carrying out negotiation or discussion (Kawai 2004). Besides, the East Asian countries want to have their own institutions where they have vital voice in decision making after the financial crisis. As a consequence, the regional economic integration become an inevitable trend. The structure of this essay is organized as follows. The first part of this essay will discuss the driving forces of East Asia’s regional economic integration, including the failure of the WTO and APEC, and the financial crisis. The second part will illustrate how regional organizations of East Asia are developed in aspect of trade cooperation and financial cooperation and then followed by the difficulties in creating a regional economic union, such as the resistance from the United States and the great...
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...in her seminal 2011 Foreign Policy article “America’s Pacific Century.” More recently, India’s ambassador to the United States and former foreign secretary, Nirupama Rao, made the case for the Indo-Pacific in a speech at Brown University: “There is a seamless stretch of oceanic space that links the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The earlier concept of the Asia-Pacific had sought to exclude India— today the term Indo-Pacific encompasses the subcontinent as an integral part of this eastern world. We are glad that the mental map of the Asia Pacific has changed and that the center of gravity has moved westward to include India…The task before us is to concretely define this concept through expanding security, especially maritime, and economic cooperation.” Strategic thinkers are also arguing the case, including one of India’s most prominent, Dr. C Raja Mohan, author of the just released Samudra Manthan: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the IndoPacific:” (Continued on next page) Amb. Karl F. Inderfurth and Ted Osius For twenty years since India announced its “Look...
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...honorable Minister for Road Transport and Highway, as Chief Guest. The four main objectives of the conference were: To study the policy as direction for India’s growth. To study the brunt of the policy with the changing geo political scenario worldwide. To examine the potential of the policy as a vector for economic growth and development of these regions. To bring the countries of south East Asia and Asia closer. There were 5 tracks explaining the route map for LEP. We will concentrate mainly on track 1 which was based on India’s trade and investment in South East and East Asia. The change in focus of Indian foreign policy from concentrating on the west towards east finds its source in the LEP. It also aims at redesigning the present economic architecture which will be marketed by regional trading blocs. India’s engagement with ASEAN and East Asian countries establishes its acceptance of the region as strategic and economic partner in its sphere of growth. Indian association with the regional block shows its drive for support and cooperation to establish its position as a regional power. LEP supports the advancement of economic growth and development by the removal of trade barriers with South East and East Asian countries. Since mid 2000 various Free Trade...
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...North American Economic Integration: NAFTA and Beyond Dr. Igor M. Paramonov, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, AB, Canada ABSTRACT This paper examines various possibilities for future economic integration within and beyond the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Previous publications have suggested three potential trajectories including development within the envisioned original structure, deepening, and widening of NAFTA (Clement et al, 1999). It is necessary to revisit these directions while summarizing major developments and new perspectives. Vision and hard work are required for NAFTA to remain one of the most economically competitive regional trading arrangements in the world. In addition to NAFTA, each member nation has pursued its own plans to integrate with countries and regions beyond North America. The most recent developments involve trade negotiations between Canada and the European Union, as well as both Canada and Mexico’s considerations to join the nine countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Pact. The United States cooperates with a group of smaller developing economies within the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). This paper presents ongoing analysis of governmental, academic, and other sources for the purpose of teaching in the field of international business, including the uncommon course of “Business under NAFTA.” INTRODUCTION Is the “Age of NAFTA” over? This is a legitimate...
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...MBA 602 International Business Section: 960 IB News Article 11/29/12 Japan Dives into Trade Talks ASEAN leaders begin RCEP negotiations Summary: An effort is being negotiated currently to launch a new regional comprehensive economic partnership called RCEP. The concept is this: to engage 16 Asia Pacific nations for free trade and to establish a trilateral free trade agreement with China and South Korea. Negotiations in this landmark free trade pact are taking place now in Phnom Pehn following the ASEAN Summit. If or once it is formed the RCEP is likely to cover half of the world’s population and would be the largest regional trading arrangement in the world to date. The RCEP is a strategy aimed at maintaining regional growth by ensuring that markets of the participating countries remain open and competitive. It is estimated that Japan’s GDP will grow by 1.1 percent with a wide range of partnership frameworks: tariff reductions and intellectual property protection. Under RCEP, which is different from individual country to country rules, there is a unification of rules and simpler business transaction procedures. The potential free trade agreements between ASEAN and China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand could eventually lead to the creation of an integrated market that spans 16 countries with a combined market population of more than 3 billion people and a combined GDP of about US$19.78 trillion based on 2011 figures. The barriers...
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...the United Nations and the Organization of American States, and act at times as a countervailing force to U.S. political and economic influence in Latin America. Contents * 1 Overview * 2 Foreign policy * 2.1 Lula da Silva administration * 2.2 Rousseff administration * 3 Regional policy * 4 Diplomatic relations * 5 United Nations politics * 6 Outstanding international issues * 7 Foreign aid * 8 Participation in international organizations * 9 Bilateral relations * 10 See also * 11 References * 12 External links Overview Brazil's international relations are based on article 4 of the Federal Constitution, which establishes non-intervention, self-determination, international cooperation and the...
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...‘Double Hegemony’? State and Class in American Foreign Economic Policymaking CHRISTOPH SCHERRER, UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL Published in: Amerikastudien 46 (2001, 4), 573-591. ABSTRACT The paper introduces research on transatlantic relations done by neo-Gramscian authors. This research is distinctive by focusing on class in international relations and by using the concept of hegemony in a relational sense. Hegemony is leadership through the active consent of other classes and groups. A central question of this neo-Gramscian research is whether an international class of capitalists has emerged. Some authors have answered in the positive. This paper, however, maintains that hegemony in the international realm is still exercised by the American state, though its foreign economic policies have been greatly influenced by internationally-oriented corporations and that these actors have increasingly found allies among economic elites in other countries. The paper explores the relationship between hegemony by the American state and by internationally-oriented capital groups against the backdrop of transatlantic relations in the post-war period and the current debate on labor rights in international trade agreements. 1. Introduction The United States government has been, without doubt, the decisive force in establishing and shaping the main multilateral institutions of the world market since the Second World War. It has consistently pursued the opening of other nations’ markets to gain...
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...where the referent is the individual. States have listened and issues such as the environment, the economy and transnational crime have been securitized under the increasingly broad umbrella of “non-traditional security (NTS) issues”. There is a utility to this approach as it prioritizes an issue in policy hierarchy and puts it on the fast track for resolution. However, the premise of human security also opens the door for just about any issue to be securitized. In such a scenario, which issue should be prioritized and on what grounds is one issue more important than another? In this essay I argue that the utility of this approach comes with caveats and preconditions and that for Southeast Asia and ASEAN, the focus on NTS opens doors for cooperation to deal with problems that require multilateral solutions while at the same time moving the region towards the realization of a true Security Community. Copenhagen School: Nuts and Bolts, Pros and Cons. The basic premise of the Copenhagen School of securitization is that the realm of security studies should not be about a single-minded focus on states and military power. Rather, the individual should be looked at as the referent. Pioneers of the concept like Buzan argue that security is about dealing with existential threats posed to the referent object that has a legitimate claim to survival and that what defines security is socially constructed. There are 2 players in the process of securitization, the actor and the...
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...Economic and Trade Relations of China and Japan China contains more than 5,000 years of history. This remarkably long past earns china the title of the oldest civilization in the world. The country possesses the largest population of 1.344 billion and a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $7.318 trillion in U.S. dollars ("World bank, china," 2011). Although China has an extremely high GDP, the extremely large population is a problem since they cannot provide enough resources for the entire population. This makes it imperative for China to trade and have relations with the world around them and participate in the global economy. That being said, with there incredibly dense population, they have a labor force of 795.5 million which allow them to be very large competition for the rest of the world. Since the 1970s, China has evolved from a closed, central system to a market-orientated system that makes China the world's largest exporter. This was accomplished by the gradual liberalization of prices, fiscal decentralization, creation of a diversified banking system, the growth of stock markets, the opening to foreign trade and investment, rapid growth of private sectors, and the decrease in collective agriculture ("Index mundi: China," 2012). In the more recent years, China has once again brought back their support for state-owned enterprises (SOE) for the purposes of economic security. The restructuring of the economy and resulting in efficiency gains have brought China to be...
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...Asia; an immensely resourceful and flourishing region. The economy of South East Asia is a virtually untapped market which is up for grabs by major regional economic entities such as India, China, Europe or the USA. India’s compatibility with the South East Asian countries with regard to better regional cooperation lies in the fact of its abstinence from exhibiting hegemonistic ambitions, making it more benign towards South East Asia. The camaraderie between India and South-East Asia is clearly visible through the dynamic persuasion of India’s Look-East Policy. India and ASEAN reciprocally have embarked upon a number of initiatives for rejuvenating their ties in multiple areas. Frequent tête-à-tête from both the sides promulgates better implementation of the Policy. The improving intensification of economic linkages with ASEAN has inspired India to enter into the second phase of its Look-East Policy. Phase 2 is the deviation from complete economic issues to the broader agenda involving security cooperation, actively constructing transport corridors and erecting pillars of linkages and connectivity. This phase of India’s Look-East Policy renders ample relevance to the development of its North-Eastern Region because of its geographical proximity to SouthEast Asia. The North-Eastern tip of India consisting of contiguous seven sister statesArunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and the state of Sikkim - constitutes a unique narrow passageway connecting...
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...Trade Policy Reforms in India Geethanjali Nataraj NCAER, New Delhi For the ICRIER-SABER workshop, 29-30 June p, 2009, New Delhi. Trade Policy in India • Trade Reforms form the crux of the economic reforms in India. • Export Promotion has been and continues to be a major thrust of India’s trade policy • Accordingly, policies have been aimed at creating a friendly environment by eliminating redundant procedures, increasing transparency by simplifying the processes involved in the export sector and moving away from quantitative restrictions, thereby improving the competitiveness of Indian industry and g p reducing the anti-export bias. • Steps have also been taken to promote exports through g g multilateral and bilateral initiatives and giving several incentives to exports to cope with all uncertainties at the global level. Features of Trade Policy Reform in India • • • • • Free imports and Exports Rationalization of tariff structure/reducing tariffs Decanalisation Liberalization of the exchange rate regime. Setting up of trading houses, SEZ’s and Export houses SEZ s promotion industrial parks. • Various exemptions under the EXIM policies to boost exports and imports and make the trade policy regime transparent and less cumbersome. p Towards a more open economy 1990 91 1990-91 Peak Import duties ( Manufactures ) Import Controls Trade goods)/GDP ratio ( %) Software exports ( & billion) Worker remittances ( $ billion) FDI ($ billion) g y Foreign currency reserves ($...
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...The Forum on China Africa Cooperation, or FOCAC for short, is an official forum between Communist China and African states. This forum is very important in as far as china Africa relations are concerned because of a host of reasons. The major reason is that both China and Africa stand to benefit economically from this relationship, as China gets raw materials from the continent, in return largely for concessionary loans and assistance in rehabilitation or construction of infrastructure of various magnitudes. Another area where the importance of FOCAC is seen is China’s political support for the ruling elite in Africa, and diplomatic support for regimes usually under pressure at forums like the United Nations, as in the case of Zimbabwe and other countries accused of various shortcomings. It is clear from this therefore that relations between China and Africa are those of feeding off each other, or principally a relationship of friends in need of each other. However, as shall be seen in this essay, there are also various problems that arise with this FOCAC, not least of which are accusations that China turns a blind eye to human rights violations in Africa as long as it benefits. For the purposes of analysing the issue of relations between Africa and China, the conceptual framework of interdependence shall be pursued. This theory argues that countries relate to each other because there is dependence on each other for various strengths. For instance, China needs African resources...
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...International trade logistics could be termed is reflection of Governmental Policies, Geopolitics, foreign relations ,World Economy, Infrastructure development, Skilled workforce and Secured Supply Chain etc. Governmental policies: Exchange logistics may be characterized as the procedural and narrative foundation of generation and transport logistics which empowers cargo to change hands by method for business exchanges. At the heart of exchange logistics lies the arrangement of guidelines overseeing business reports and systems, saving money what's more, money related securities, transport and delivering bills, and shows which control worldwide streams of products by organizing supply and request from vender to purchaser and of installment from purchaser to dealer. The merchandise's physical development from creation to last destination may be prove by proper records. Installment, be that as it may, is affected by trust between the business parties, their requirement for money, and by administrative exchange arrangements and trade control regulations. Thusly, the "narrative credit" procedure is at the heart of exchange logistics, and is a critical universally perceived strategy by which installment of universal exchange emerges Geo-politics: Worldwide worth chains have turned into a predominant element of the world economy. With creation progressively divided and frequently disseminated crosswise over national limits, accomplishment in worldwide exchange depends...
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