Le développement d'un pays ne peut désormais pas être considéré que du point de vue économique, l'aspect social et environnemental doit aussi être considéré. Les différentes conventions et décisions commerciales doivent promouvoir et permettre un développement durable. La thèse étudie le lien entre les articles de l'Accord sur la facilitation des échanges (AFE) et les dix-sept objectifs du développement durable (ODD) des Petits états insulaire en développement (PEID). L'AFE est le dernier accord majeur de l'Organisation Mondial du Commerce, il y a pour but de rendre le commerce des marchandises plus fluide à travers un système d'importation, d'exportation et de transit efficace entre autres. L'accord aidera les pays moins développés à participer plus activement au commerce international. Les articles substantiels de l'AFE sont étudiés de façon critique à la lumière du développement durable mais aussi les articles qui traitent du mécanisme de mise en œuvre de l'AFE. Ce dernier est très particulier et innovateur car il s'adapte au niveau de développement du pays. Les ODD les plus affectés par la mise en application de l'AFE ont été identifiés. De plus cette thèse considère le contexte des PEID qui sont des pays avec des particularités propres à eux et l'Ile Maurice est étudiée comme cas d'étude pour permettre une analyse approfondie du sujet. Des recommandations pour l'OMC et les PEID sont finalement faites pour une mise en application efficace de l'AFE.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research is the critical reference source for the growing field of engineering education research, featuring the work of world luminaries writing to define and inform this emerging field. The Handbook draws extensively on contemporary research in the learning sciences, examining how technology affects learners and learning environments, and the role of social context in learning. Since a landmark issue of the Journal of Engineering Education (2005), in which senior scholars argued for a stronger theoretical and empirically driven agenda, engineering education has quickly emerged as a research-driven field increasing in both theoretical and empirical work drawing on many social science disciplines, disciplinary engineering knowledge, and computing. The Handbook is based on the research agenda from a series of interdisciplinary colloquia funded by the US National Science Foundation and published in the Journal of Engineering Education in October 2006.

This report reviews engineering's importance to human, economic, social and cultural development and in addressing the UN Millennium Development Goals. Engineering tends to be viewed as a national issue, but engineering knowledge, companies, conferences and journals, all demonstrate that it is as international as science. The report reviews the role of engineering in development, and covers issues including poverty reduction, sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptation. It presents the various fields of engineering around the world and is intended to identify issues and challenges facing engineering, promote better understanding of engineering and its role, and highlight ways of making engineering more attractive to young people, especially women.--Publisher's description.

The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced profession that can better respond to the shortage of engineers for implementing the SDGs. It provides a snapshot of the engineering innovations that are shaping our world, especially emerging technologies such as big data and AI, which are crucial for addressing the pressing challenges facing humankind and the planet. It analyses the transformation of engineering education and capacity-building at the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that will enable engineers to tackle the challenges ahead. It highlights the global effort needed to address the specific regional disparities, while summarizing the trends of engineering across the different regions of the world.