Prof. Osvaldo R. Agatiello

Osvaldo R. Agatiello is Professor of International Economics and Governance and Director of The Globecraft Institute at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations.
As a consultant to international organizations and advisor to governments, Dr Agatiello specializes in international trade and finance, governance and corporate responsibility, issues on which he has published extensively.
He is a member of the International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics, the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, the Inter-American Bar Association, and the Argentine Council for International Relations.
Prof. Agatiello studied international economics and law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Massachusetts (MALD, PhD) and the universities of Córdoba (SJD) and Buenos Aires (JD) in Argentina, where he was a professor of public finance.

Courses taught:
Introduction to international economics
International economics and sustainable development
Special issues in international economics
Special issues in international trade
Trade, money and power: advanced seminar on international economic issues
Ethics in international relations
Current affairs and ethical governance
Ethical governance and international affairs
Areas of specialization:
Governance and public ethics
International economics and trade
Role of government in socioeconomic development

Selected writings and speeches

The world is one and all things are in it. Management Decision (United Kingdom). Special issue: Why green management matters, Vol. 47, No. 7, 2009.

Reducing trade transaction costs: steps to formulate a national trade facilitation strategy. World Export Development Forum, International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008.

Ethical governance: beyond good practices and standards Management Decision (United Kingdom). Special issue: Questions we ask about ethics in a global marketplace, Vol. 46, No. 8, August 2008.

Trade facilitation: a consensus development tool In What if: new challenges in export development. World Export Development Forum 2007, International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO, Montreux, Switzerland, 8-11 October 2007.
Commentaire sur éthique, systèmes juridiques et entreprise. Séminaire ‘Responsabilité sociétale des entreprises et régulations : Quel rôle pour les juristes ?’ International Institute for Labour Studies, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 9-10 October 2007.

Unleashing entrepreneurship: nurturing an enabling environment for SME development in Afghanistan Background paper for the Conference on the Enabling Environment for Private Initiative in Afghanistan, Aga Khan Development Network and Government of Afghanistan, with the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank, Kabul, Afghanistan, 3-5 June 2007.

CSR and trade: informing consumers about social and environmental conditions of globalised production. With B. A. Fliess, H.-J. Lee and O. L. Dubreuil, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Trade and Agriculture Directorate. OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 47, TD/TC/WP(2006)17/FINAL, 10 January 2007. Presented at the Corporate Social Responsibility and Trade Seminar, Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 26 September 2006, and at the Second International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, 12-13 October 2006. Part 1 Part 2

Las empresas deben ser responsables hasta cierto punto del proceso productivo. Interview in Corresponsables (Media Responsable, Barcelona, Spain), No. 4, December 2006.

Is South-South trade the answer to bringing the poor into the export process? Presented at Executive Forum Global Debate, International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin, Germany, 27-30 September 2006. Background Paper Series EF/06/11.

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