On Tuesday 14 October 2025, T.T. Nguyen will defend the doctoral thesis titled: Merchandise Trade Openness, Export Competitiveness, Bilateral Trade Agreements and Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development.
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- Date
- Tuesday 14 Oct 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Auditorium of the ISS
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
Below is a brief summary of the dissertation:
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have gained increasing attention among development economists and practitioners since their establishment in 2015. At global scale, trillions of US dollars each year are required to achieve the SDGs. At the national level in low-income countries, accomplishing the SDGs related to poverty, health and education requires, on average, some US $148 billion annually. It is worth noting that these estimations were calculated in the context of pre-pandemic scenarios and without consideration of the current international geopolitical tensions and conflicts. This means that the calculations likely underestimate the actual financial requirements to achieve the Goals.
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The Public Defence will take place on Tuesday, 14 October in the ISS auditorium (Aula B) and the ceremony will begin promptly at 14:30 hrs. The doors will be closed at the start of the Public Defence.
Children below the age of 7 are not allowed in the auditorium during the first part of the ceremony.
The ceremony will be followed by a reception in the Atrium of the ISS.
Professors are invited to join the academic procession.
