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Module- Globalisation and international institutions 6 ECTS
1. Globalisation and regionalization 2. United Nations UN
3. World Bank WB 4. World Trade Organization WTO
5. International Monetary Fund IMF 6. Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD
7. International Chamber of Commerce
8.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD
The objectives of the module “Globalisation.” 1. To understand Globalisation and international business:
2. To learn about trade liberalisation and the formation of the World Trade Organization
3. To know the positive and adverse effects of globalisation 4. To explore cultural, political, and environmental dimensions of globalisation
5. To know trends towards regionalism 6. To understand the various regional economic agreements and their relevance to
both regional and world trade 7. To explore the historical development of the global trade over the last decades
8. To know the role of international institutions WTO, IMF, WB in the globalisation
process
Subject: Globalisation. Syllabus: The essence of globalisation is localisation Zhang Ruimin, CEO of Haier China
1. Globalisation and international trade 2. Positive and adverse effects of globalisation
3. Historical background 4. Globalisation: International trade and financial markets
5. Cultural, political, and environmental dimensions of globalisation 6. Globalisation and international institutions:
1. United Nations 2. The World Trade Organization
3. World Bank 4. International Monetary Fund
5. The European Union.
7. Liberalization. The role of the World Trade Organization. 8. Regionalism
9. World economic agreements 10. Emerging markets
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11. BRICS countries. India and China. 12. World financial and economic crisis
13. Regional analysis:
1. Africa 2. Asia
3. Europe 4. America
5. Arab countries
14. Global food crisis 15. Anti-globalisation
16. Global Ethics and Globalisation
Objectives of the Subject Globalisation:
1. To learn about trade liberalisation and the formation of the World Trade Organization 2. To identify the positive and adverse effects of globalisation
3. To know the trends towards regionalism 4. To understand the various regional economic agreements and their relevance to both
regional and world trade 5. To explore the historical development of the global trade over the last decades
Subject: United Nations. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the United Nations UN 2. Structure and organisation
3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 4. Main bodies of the United Nations UN
5. Agencies, programs and subsidiary bodies 6. Specialized Agencies
7. Secretariat 8. ECOSOC- Economic and Social Council
9. United Nations System 10. Human Development
11. Millennium Development Goals 12. Global Compact of the United Nations
13. United Nations Convention against Corruption 14. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the
Prostitution of Others 1949 15. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery 1956
The objectives of the subject United Nations UN are the following:
1. To understand the objectives and structure of the United Nations UN 2. To know the role of the Economic and Social Council ECOSOC
3. To explore the United Nations System
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4. To understand the role of United Nations on human development in the world 5. To know the specialised agencies, programs, agreements and subsidiary organs of the
United Nations 6. To analyse the role of the International Trade Centre INTRACEN of the United Nations
7. To knowing how to analyse the socio-economic information offered by different portals of UN
Sub-subject - United Nations: Specialized agencies. Syllabus:
1. International Labour Organization ILO 2. UNESCO
3. World Health Organization 4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
5. International Civil Aviation Organization 6. International Maritime Organization
7. World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO 8. Industrial Development Organization UNIDO
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Subject - United Nations: Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD and Foreign direct investment FDI.
2. Foreign Direct Investment Index. 3. Inward and outward index. Methodology.
4. World Investment Report.
Sub-subject: International Trade Centre INTRACEN - United Nations. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the International Trade Centre INTRACEN. 2. Country information tool
3. Market analysis tools 4. Market development services
Subject: World Bank. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the World Bank WB 2. Organization of the World Bank
3. Member countries 4. The World Bank and the Millennium Development Goals
5. World Bank operations:
1. Fund generation 2. Loans
3. Trust funds 4. Grants
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6. World Bank projects 1. Profiles
2. Databases 3. Projects Lifecycle Identification, preparation, appraisal, approval,
implementation, completion, and evaluation 7. Doing business with the World Bank
8. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 9. International Development Association
10. World development indicators
The objectives of the subject World Bank WB are to
1. Understand the objectives, structure, and functions of the World Bank 2. Identify areas of cooperation of the World Bank
3. Analyze World Bank loans 4. Know the affiliated institutions: the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation
5. To understand the functioning of World Bank projects
Subject: World Trade Organization WTO. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the World Trade Organization WTO 2. From the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT to the World Trade
Organization 3. Principles of the international trade system
4. Agreements of the World Trade Organization 1. Tariffs
2. Agriculture 3. Standards and safety
4. Textiles 5. Services
6. Intellectual property 7. Anti-dumping
8. Subsidies 9. Non-tariff barriers
5. General Agreement on Trade in Services GATS 6. Regional trade agreements
7. Regionalism 8. Doha agenda
9. Environment 10. Investments
11. E-commerce 12. World international trade report
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The objectives of the Subject World Trade Organization WTO are the following:
1. To understand the aims of the World Trade Organization WTO 2. To learn about the importance of the General Agreement on Trade in Services
3. To understand the principles of the multilateral trading system 4. To analyse the agreements of the World Trade Organization customs duties,
agriculture, services, import licensing procedures and its implications for international trade
5. To explore the rules of customs valuation 6. To know how to interpret the report on the World Trade of the WTO
7. To understand the role of the International Trade Centre ITC INTRACEN
Subject: International Monetary Fund IMF. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the International Monetary Fund IMF 2. Member countries of the IMF
3. Organization of the International Monetary Fund 4. Main activities and goals of the International Monetary Fund
1. Surveillance 2. Assistance
3. Lending
5. Collaboration with other institutions World Bank, World Trade Organization, United Nations
6. Fight against money laundering corruption 7. Special Drawing Rights SDR
8. International Monetary Fund: globalisation and crisis. The role of the IMF in the global
economic crisis. 9. World economic outlook
The objectives of the subject International Monetary Fund IMF are the following:
1. To understand the goals and organisation of the International Monetary Fund 2. To analyse key areas of activity of the IMF supervision, technical, and financial
assistance 3. To understand the concept of Special Drawing Right SDR
4. To know the IMFs role in the global economic crisis and global financial stability 5. To learn to use macroeconomic information provided by the IMF
6. To analyse the role of the International Monetary Fund in world trade
Subject: OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD 2. History of the OECD
3. Structure of the organisation
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4. Analyses and studies of the OECD 5. OECD economic outlook
6. Introduction to the OECD anti-corruption measures
The objectives of the subject The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD are: 1. To understand the objectives and the structure of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development 2. To know how to use the analyses and studies provided by the OECD
3. To understand the role of OECD in globalisation and international trade 4. To learn about OECD anti-corruption measures
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Module- Economic Organisations and Regional Integration In Latin America 12 ECTS
Main subjects of the module
1. The Economy and International Trade in Latin America [2] 2. Organisation of American States OAS [0.5]
3. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC [2] 4. Inter-American Development Bank IADB [2]
5. Latin American Integration Association ALADI [1] 6. Pacific Alliance [0,1]
7. Union of South American Nations UNASUR [0,5] 8. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA [0,3]
9. Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ALBA [0,3] 10. Mesoamerica Project [0,1]
11. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC [2] 12. Latin America-Asia Cooperation Forum FEALAC [0,1]
13. South America-Arab Countries Summit ASPA [0.5] 14. South America-Africa Summit ASA [0.5]
15. Free Trade Agreements FTA in America
Objectives of the module:
The main purpose of the “Diploma in Economics and Latin American Integration” is to provide
an overview of the Latin American economy, the major economic institutions as well as Latin
American integration agreements: Inter-American Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America, the Latin American Integration Association, Organisation of American States,
the Union of South American Nations, Mesoamerica Project, the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System, or the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America.
NOTE: regional integration agreements the MERCOSUR, the Andean Community, or the Central American Integration System are discussed in another module.
Subject: Economy and Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean. Syllabus:
1. The Latin America economy. 2. The economic profile of Latin America
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3. The effects of the global crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean. 4. The scenario after the crisis
5. Key challenges: innovation and technological change. 6. International Trade of Latin America
7. Economic relations between China and Latin America 8. The growing influence of China and other emerging economies.
9. Regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. 10. Analysis of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean published by the
ECLAC
Subject: Organisation of American States OAS. Summit of the Americas. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to Organisation of American States OAS. 2. International Trade information system SICE.
3. Trade agreements in America. 4. Summit of the Americas.
5. Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Subject: Inter-American Development Bank IADB. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to Inter-American Development Bank. 2. Operational chart of the Bank
3. Member countries. 4. Integration of regional infrastructure in South America IIRSA.
5. Case Study: Integration and development hubs in Latin America. 6. Inter-American Investment Corporation.
7. Multilateral Investment Fund. 8. Project cycle of Inter-American Development Bank: preparation, approval,
implementation, completion, and evaluation.
Subject: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECLAC CEPAL.
2. Objectives of ECLAC 3. Member countries.
4. History of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean 5. Economic reports of the Economic Commission, Statistical Yearbook, and CEPALSTAT
6. Economic Development in Latin America
Subject: LAIA ALADI Latin American Integration Association. Montevideo Treaty. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the Latin American Integration Association ALADILAIA. 2. The Montevideo Treaty 1980.
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3. Institutional organisation of the Latin American Integration Association 4. Agreement on Reciprocal Payments and Credits.
5. Payment System in local currencies. 6. Economic profile of Latin American countries.
7. Customs Procedures in Latin American countries. 8. Nomenclature of the Latin American Integration Association
9. Latin American Free Trade Association
Subject: Union of South American Nations UNASUR. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the Union of South American Nations UNASUR. 2. Member countries.
3. Organs of the UNASUR 4. Objectives of the Union of South American Nations.
5. Integration in South America.
Subject: Mesoamerica project ex-Plan Puebla Panama. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to Mesoamerica Project. 2. Background: ex-Plan Puebla Panama.
3. Meso-American countries. 4. Transport and Telecommunications in the Mesoamerica region
5. Case Study: International Network of Mesoamerican Highways and the Pacific corridor.
Subject: Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA. 2. Latin American Council.
3. Digital information and knowledge centre.
Subject: ALBA Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ALBA 2. Trade Treaty of the Peoples.
3. Gran National projects. 4. Case Study: PetroCaribbe.
5. Bank of ALBA. 6. Regional Clearing Unit System of Payments SUCRE.
Subject: Pacific Alliance Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the Pacific Alliance 2. Strategic importance of the Pacific Alliance
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3. Organisational chart of the Pacific Alliance 4. Trade and Integration in the region of the Pacific Alliance
5. Liberalisation of services and capitals. 6. Integrated Latin American Market MILA
7. Protection of Intellectual Property
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Subject: Association of Caribbean States ACS. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to Association of Caribbean States ACS America. 2. Functions and organisation of Association of Caribbean States
3. Member countries 4. Greater Caribbean.
5. Trends in the Caribbean foreign trade 6. Free Trade Agreements FTA in the Caribbean
Subject: Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation FEALAC.
1. Introduction to Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation FEALAC. 2. Objectives and organisation of the FEALAC
3. Economic profile of the countries of the Forum Latin America - Asia 4. Latin America-Asian Economic and Trade Relations.
5. Manila Plan of Action.
Subject: Summit of South American-Arab Countries ASPA. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the Summit of South American-Arab Countries ASPA 2. Coordination structure of ASPA
3. Organisational Chart of ASPA 4. III Summit of Heads of State and Government of South American and Arab Countries
5. Lima Declaration 6. The sixth meeting of the council of senior officials of the summit South America - Arab
Countries 7. Implementation Plan 2013-2016 Africa-South America
8. The UNASUR and the League of Arab States. 9. Brasilia, Rabat, and Doha Declarations
Subject: Africa-South America SummitUNASUR - African Union. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to Africa-South America Summit ASA 2. The III Africa-South America Summit
3. Africa-South America implementation plan 2013 - 2016 4. Round-table on infrastructure, energy, and transportation
5. Malabo Declaration 6. About the Union of South American Nations UNASUR and the African Union AU
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7. The Declaration of Abuja and Nueva Esparta. 8. Marrakech Plan of Action
Subject: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC. Syllabus: 1- Introduction to APEC
1. Introduction to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC ©. 2. The structure of the APEC
3. Bogor Goals. 4. Osaka Action Agenda.
5. Regional Trade and Investment Liberalisation. 6. Business Facilitation.
7. Economic and technical cooperation. 8. Achievements and benefits of APEC
9. Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific FTAAP 10. Pacific Economic Cooperation Council PEEC
2- APEC Committee on Trade and Investment.
1. Introduction to the Committee on Trade and Investment. 2. Principles for Cross-Border Trade in Services.
3. Principles on foreign trade facilitation. 4. Automotive and Chemical dialogue.
5. Business Mobility Group. 6. Investment.
7. Group on Services. 8. Intellectual Property Rights.
9. E-Commerce. 10. Market Access.
11. Rules of Origin.
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12. Customs Procedures. 13. Standards and Conformance.
3- Economy, Trade, and Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region 4- APEC Telecommunications and information
5- APEC Free Trade Agreements FTA and Regional Trade Agreements
The objectives of the subject “The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC” are the
following: 1. To understand the Bogor goals and the functions of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation APEC 2. To assess the benefits for APEC member countries as well the areas of cooperation
3. To know the role of the Commission on Trade and Investment of APEC 4. To analyse the process of economic integration and trade among APEC member
countries Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific 5. To understand the liberalisation of commerce, trade facilitation and investment flows
between APEC countries 6. To know the Free Trade Agreements between APEC countries
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Module- Business in South America
Structure of the module
Subjects of the module: Doing Business in South America: 1- South America and the Latin American economic area of the Western Christian Civilisation
2- Doing Business in Chile 3- The MERCOSUR
4- Doing Business in Argentina 5- Doing Business in Paraguay
6- Doing Business in Brazil
1. The Brazilian Economy 2. Brazilian businesspeople: Antonio Moraes, John Robert Marinho, and Safra
3. International Trade of Brazil
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4. Doing Business in Sao Paulo, Rio do Janeiro, Espiritu Santo, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, and Santa Catarina
7- Doing Business in Uruguay 8- Doing Business in Venezuela
9- Doing Business in Bolivia Accession process to the MERCOSUR 10- Free trade agreements FTA related to South American markets
1. Free Trade Agreements FTA of the MERCOSUR with con Chile, the Andean Community-MERCOSUR, Mexico, Peru, India, Egypt, Israel, the European Union
2. Brazil’s Free Trade Agreements, Uruguay FTA, Paraguay FTA, and Argentina FTA 3. Latin American Integration Association ALADI
4. Pacific Alliance 5. Agreement Mexico-Uruguay
6. Chile’s Free Trade Agreements FTA: the Andean Community, Peru, Ecuador,
Colombia, Mexico, Central America, the United States, Canada, the European Union, Turkey, Panama, China, India, South Korea, Australia, the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation APEC, the Trans-Pacific Agreement TPP, and the European Free Trade Association EFTA
7. Other regional institutions summary
