Global Environment and Trade Study Global Environment and Trade Study The Global Environment & Trade Study (GETS) was a non-profit research institute established in 1994 to study the complex linkages between international trade and environmental sustainability. GETS supported numerous research projects on the legal, economic, and ecological aspects of trade and environment. GETS was centered at Yale University. GETS also studied the expanding role of civil society in global governance. In 2004, the GETS Board decided that a sufficient amount had been accomplished over the decade, and that it was time to terminate the project. GETS had four major accomplishments: The founders of GETS were:
Institute for the Study of Economic and Social Development context, under the political system of the fourth republic, and with some of the ancient French colonies having recently acquired their independence, that the Institute for the Study of Economic and Social Development is created by decree of the French government on October 15, 1957, within the framework of the University of Paris University of Paris. Publications include the "Third World collection" and the "Third World review". IEDES signed international cooperation agreements with many African and Latin American universities and supports projects implemented by international organizations such as UNESCO.The Institute is part of scientific networks involving countries with varying living