encouraging sustainable, responsible cocoa growing

Entry: Paul Ntim

My name is Paul Ntim. I am glad to join World Cocoa Foundation for the 2007 summer internship period. I am a graduate (Economic Policy Management) intern from Columbia University’s School International and Public Affairs, New York and also staff of Ghana Cocoa Board since 2003. I obtained my BA in Economics and Geography & Resource Development from University of Ghana, Legon.

I also have obtained Certificates in professional short courses such as Trade, Growth, and Poverty; Macroeconomic Management: Concept, Evidence and Case Studies; Standards Trade: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Country Exports; Macroeconomic Management for Financial Stability and Poverty Reduction; Corporate Social Responsibility; Advanced Poverty Analysis: Poverty Dynamics, all with the World Bank Institute Washington, D.C. and Data Management and Analysis from Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic (ISSER), University of Ghana.

My areas of interest include economic policy and poverty analysis, cost-benefit analysis, trade and sustainable development and the use of econometric and statistical tools for analysis.

I intend to conduct a study on business and sustainable development: The role of WCF in the global cocoa economy during my internship period. I hope to provide some significant insight into the dynamics of sustainable development in the global cocoa economy.

I hope my internship with WCF will not only expose me to learning new things but also empower me to bring my experiences to bare on programs and activities at both national and international levels aimed at developing the global cocoa economy and welfare improvements of farming families.

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