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Asia-Pacific Trade Economists’ Conference Trade-Led Growth in Times of Crisis |
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Monday, 2 November 2009
Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary, ESCAP
Evan Due, Senior Program Specialist, Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Ravi Ratnayake, ARTNeT Coordinator and Director, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP
Alan Deardorff, Associate Dean Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Department of Economics, University of Michigan
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
Patrick Low, Director of Economic Research and Statistics Division at the WTO
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and Former Ambassador of Bangladesh to the WTO and UN Offices in Geneva
13.30-15.30
Parallel Session
Room B
Parallel Session
Room C
Parallel Session
Room D
Parallel Session
Room E
(Chair: Fukunari Kimura)
(Organizer and Chair: Deborah K. Elms)
(Chair: Kym Anderson)
The Role of Global Production Networks (GPN) in Understanding the Impacts of the Fiscal Stimulus in the United States and China on ASEAN Economies
Extending the TPP: The Political Economy of Multilateralization in Asia
Multilateral Trade Reforms Under Doha and Income Distribution in South Asia
Resiliency of Production Networks in Asia: Evidence from the Asian Crisis
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement: High Standard or Missed Opportunity?
Trade and Sectoral Impacts of the Financial Crisis: A Dynamic CGE Analysis
The US crisis and the future of East Asian production sharing
Multilateralising PTAs in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Comparison of the ASEAN-Australia-NZ FTA and the P4 Agreement
EU-India Bilateral FTA: Potential Implications for the Excluded Low-Income Economies in Asia and Africa
Regional Production Networks and Exchange Rates in East Asia: Implications of the Global Crisis
From the P4 to the TPP: Explaining Expansion Interests in the Asia–Pacific
Role of Agricultural Biotechnology and Induced Productivity in Tackling Food and Fuel Trade-offs: A Tale of Twin Crisis
Regional aspects of linkages between international production networks and
regional trade agreements
Will Trade Liberalization Help During the Crisis in LDCs? - Evidence from Laos
16.00-18.00
(Chain: Debapriya Bhattacharya)
(Chair: Douglas Brooks)
(Chair: Florian Alburo)
(Chair: Alan Deardorff)
Developing Countries and the World Trade Organization: A Foreign Influence Approach
Stakeholder Consultation and Engagement in a GMS Transport and Trade Facilitation Initiative: An ARTNeT Case Study
More Speed, Less “Speed Money”: Asia-Pacific Firm-Level Evidence On Border Crossing Times As Corruption Incentives
Services Liberalization from a WTO/GATS Perspective: In Search of Volunteers
The WTO in the "Spaghetti Bowl" World
The Role of Stakeholders in the formulation of inclusive trade policies: What went wrong with the Indo-Lanka CEPA negotiations
The Pervasiveness of Non-tariff Measures in ASEAN: Evidences from the Inventory Approach
Trade Liberalization in Producer Services: Case Study of India
Is WTO a Sustainable Trading Network for Global Economy?
Revisiting Sectoral Liberalization: An Alternative to the FTAAP? Implications on the Philippines
Does Governance Matter for Enhancing Trade? Empirical Evidence from Asia
A Pan-Asian Services Market: An Idea Whose Time has Come?
The WTO, Growth, and Development
Post-Crisis East Asia: Towards an Inclusive Trade Strategy
The OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) Project and Professional Services
What Type of Institutions Matter More to World Trade - National or Supranational? A Comparative Gravity Analysis Controlling for Institutional and Governance Environment
(ARTNeT Award winning paper)
H.E. G L Peiris, Minister of Export Development and International trade, Sri Lanka
Kym Anderson, Professor, School of Economics, Adelaide University
Patrick A. Messerlin, Professor, Sciences-Po
Simon Evenett, Profesor, International Trade and Economic Development, University of St. Gallen
Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
13.00 - 15.00
Parallel Session
Room B
Parallel Session
Room C
Parallel Session
Room D
Parallel Session
Room E
(Chair: Evan Due)
(Organizer and Chair: Ramesh Sharma, FAO)
(Chair: Manickam Supperamaniam)
Rules of Origin as an Instrument of Trade Protection: An Analysis of Theory, Empirical Evidence and Current State of Play
Trade Policy for Agricultural Development and Food Security: Reflections from Asia
Assessing the Potential for Growth of Intra-Regional Trade in South Asia
Perceptions of Food and Agricultural
Exporters in Sri Lanka on Trade Facilitation
Cash Incentives for Export: Impact on Farm Level Income and Employment in Bangladesh
Facilitating Small and Medium Enterprises in International Trade (Export): The Case of Indonesia
Trade Policy as an Instrument to Ensure Food Security: A Case of Nepal
Nilanjan Banik
Trade and Social Development: The case
of Asia
Sri Lanka: Adapting Trade Policies to Promote Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
15.30 - 17.15
(Organizer : Univeristy of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Chair: Ben Shepherd)
(Organizer : UNCTAD
Chair: Patrick Messerlin)
(Organizer: UNDP RCC
Chair: Biswajit Dhar)
Impacts of Non Tariff Measures (NTMs) on Agricultural Exports: A Gravity Modeling Approach
New and Traditional Trade Flows and the Economic Crisis
- Asia Pacific Overview: Parthapratim Pal (Faculty IIM Kolkatta) and Biplove Choudhary (Officer in Charge APTII UNDP RCC)
- India Case Study: Indira Hirway (Consultant UNDP India and Director, Centre for Development Alternatives)
- Cambodia Case Study: Lim Sovannara, National Economist, UNDP Cambodia
Revisiting Trade-Institutions Nexus: A comparative analysis of South Asian and global Commodity Trade controlling for institutional homogeneity and migration
Global Economic Crisis: Implications and Restructuring of Services Sector in India
- Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, IPS, Sri Lanka
- Rajan S. Ratna, Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, India
- Yumiko Yamamoto, Programme Specialist, UNDP RCC
Impact of Trade Facilitation Measures on Food and Agricultural Trade in South Asia
Factors Contributing to Export Performance in the Aftermath of Global Economic Crisis
Trade Creation and Trade Diversion Effects of Agricultural Trade
Revealed Factor Intensity Index – at the Product Level
Presentations of policy recommendations by the Conference Rapporteur Simon Evenett.
Concluding remarks
Ravi Ratnayake, ARTNeT Coordinator and Director, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP