The World Trade Organization (WTO) is calling for submissions for the new Trade Economist Thematic Award.
The papers should not exceed 15,000 words and must consist of case studies addressing: - “trade policy responses to COVID-19, their design and effectiveness
- the impact of measures adopted during the pandemic on goods and services trade
- trade policy and trade effects of COVID-19 on small and medium-sized enterprises, women and rural areas.”
The author(s) of the papers must be trade experts who are completing or already hold a PhD or master’s degree from universities in developing countries.
The prize is CHF 5,000. The winning paper will be presented during a WTO webinar and “will be published in the WTO Working Paper series”.