Focus on the Global South

INET is invested in identifying the complex global interactions that influence poverty and development with a focus on strategies that have proven successful in promoting equitable growth, promoting capabilities, and reducing poverty.

YSI Event

5th Annual UNCTAD-YSI Summer School

Aug 1–6, 2022

The 5th UNCTAD YSI Summer School provides an opportunity to explore the Challenges and Opportunities of a New International Economic Order. The school will bring together UNCTAD experts, academics, diplomats, and young scholars from across the globe for lively and stimulating intellectual debates.

Article

Francis Akindes : "We Africans Urgently Need a Different Approach to Economic Thinking"

Feb 11, 2022

In this interview, Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin speak with Professor Francis Akindes, Sociologist and Professor at the University of Alassane Ouattara (UAO), Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire.