I have come to believe that economists have built a discipline for a world which has largely vanished, and that is why we have nothing sensible to say about the challenges that face the world economy today.
Ladies and gentlemen: I am pleased to inform you that after extensive consultations with key stakeholders, the School with the support of USAID-Competitiveness and Trade Expansion Project (COMPETE), developed a Modular Certificate Training Program whose launch we are all here to witness. I wish to commend the team that steered the process of initiating this important program.