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Third ARTNeT Consultative Meeting of Policy Makers
and Research Institutions
Date
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1-2 November 2006 |
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 report ARTNeT research findings to policy makers and approve the ARTNeT research programme 2006-2007 |
Documentation
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Welcome remarks
 Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
and Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
Presentations:
Session 1: Update on the ARTNeT Thematic Study on Trade
Facilitation
ARTNeT Thematic Study on Trade Facilitation: Update
Yann Duval, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Trade Facilitation, Regional Integration and Logistics
Liberalization
Andrew Stoler, Institute for International Trade, Australia
Trade Facilitation
A Way Forward
Florian Alburo, University of the Philippines
Session 2: Selected ARTNeT short-term studies
Utilisation of Preferential Trade Arrangements: Sri Lanka’s
Experience with EU and US GSP Schemes
Janaka Wijayasiri, Institute for Policy Studies, Sri Lanka
Institutions and Trade in Pacific Island Countries
Azmat Gani, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Trade
Liberalization and Development in ICT Sector and its
Impact on Household Welfare in Viet
Nam
Tran Quoc Trung, Ministry of Planning and Investment,
Viet Nam
Session 3: ARTNeT Regional Study on Services Trade and
related research
Services Trade in Nepal, Bangladesh and Malaysia:
A comparative case study of Banking and Insurance
sectors.
Muthi Samudram, Monash University Malaysia
Financial Integration in Financial Integration in ASEAN:
Lessons from EU ASEAN: Lessons from EU
Gloria Pasadilla, Philippine Institute for Development
Studies
Assessing Barriers to Trade in Education Services
in Developing ESCAP Countries: An Empirical Exercise
AjitavaRaychaudhuri,Jadavpur University Kolkata,
India
Trade in Services: a way forward
Christopher Findlay, University of Adelaide, Australia
Session 4: Online and analytical tools for trade policy makers
ARTNeT Trade Priority Research Survey and
Programme 2007
Yann Duval, UNESCAP
Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Agreements Database
Mia Mikic, UNESCAP
Session 5: Policy makers demands for trade related research and
approval of ARTNeT research programme 2007
Current and future initiatives of UNCTAD in selected
areas
and countries in Asia
Sven Callebault, United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development
Update on Implementation of ARTNeT Research Programme 2005-6
ARTNET Research Programme 2006-07 |
Participants
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Tentative programme
Information note for participants
Suggested issues and questions for preparation of the meeting
List of participants |
Related meeting
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The Post-Doha Research Agenda for Developing Countries - WTO/ESCAP/ARTNeT Workshop, 30-31 October 2006 |
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: 16 November 2006 |
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