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Second ARTNeT Consultative Meeting of Policy Makers
and Research Institutions
Date
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6-7 October 2005 |
Venue
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Macao, China |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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To improve national decision-making of policy makers on trade
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Documentation
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Summary
Presentation:
Session 1: Improving trade research capacity and dissemination for
 policy making
Report
of the ARTNeT study on capacity building
needs of
research
institutions for trade research
Mr. Larry Strange and Vutha Hing, CDRI, Cambodia
Introduction to ITC Trademaps, Marketacess maps
Ms. Helen Lassen, Market Analysis Section, ITC
UNCTAD/WTO
UNCTAD contribution to ARTNeT and trade research
Mr. Sven Callebaut, Regional Expert, TrainForTrade,
UNCTAD
Presentation of the artnetontrade.org website
Mr.
Yann Duval, TID, UNESCAP
Session 2: ARTNeT Study on Supply Side Constraints to Export-Led
Growth in the Pacific Island Countries and other short-term
studies
Supply
Side Constraints to Export-Led Growth in
the Pacific
Island
Countries
Mr. Biman Chand Prasad, USP, Fiji
Overview of other short-term studies
Ms. Mia Mikic, TID, UNESCAP
Session 3: ARTNeT Regional Study on Preferential Trade Agreements
and Agriculture
Agricultural Liberalization trends in Asia-Pacific: Overview
of the Study and preliminary findings in South Asia
Mr.
Parakrama Samaratunga, IPS, Sri Lanka
Mapping and analysis of East and Southeast Asian
agricultural trade liberalization efforts
Ms. Gloria Pasadilla, PIDS
Agricultural
trade liberalization in Asia-Pacific: Scenario
analysis
using GTAP 6.0
Mr. Jay Bandaralage, Griffith University / IPS
Agricultural trade liberalization: a Chinese perspective and
analysis
Mr. Shunli Yao, Peking University
Session 4: ARTNeT Thematic Study on Trade Facilitation: WTO
Negotiations and Beyond
Need for and Cost of Selected Trade Facilitation measures
negotiated at the WTO
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in Bangladesh
Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, CPD, Bangladesh
• in China
Mr. Chen Wenjing, CAITEC, China
• in India
Mr. Sachin Chaturvedi, RIS,
India
• in Indonesia
Mr. Yose
Rizal Damuri, CSIS, Indonesia
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in Nepal
Mr. Pushpa Raj Rajkarnikar, IPRAD, Nepal
Related studies by member / partner institutions
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Mr.
Anthony Kleitz, OECD
• Mr. Parakrama Samaratunga, IPS, Sri
Lanka
Session
5: ARTNeT Research Programme 2005-06
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Participants
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Programme. This meeting is organized back-to-back with the Delivering
on the
WTO Round: A High-level Government-Business Dialogue for
Development, 4-6 October 2005,
Macao, China.
Information note for participants
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Yann Duval
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: duvaly@un.org |
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Last updated: 11 January 2006 |
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