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Early lessons from Indonesian decentralization by Rina Oktaviani and Tony Irawan, Brief No. 20, July 2009 ARTNeT GMS Capacity Building Workshop on Primary Data Collection and Competitiveness Analysis, 18 September 2009, Hanoi, Viet Nam ARTNeT GMS Capacity Building Workshop on Primary Data Collection and Competitiveness Analysis, 11 September 2009, Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation on Small and Medium Enterprises in the Philippines by Loreli C. de Dios, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 74, July 2009 ARTNeT GMS Capacity Building Workshop on Primary Data Collection and Competitiveness Analysis, 4 September 2009, Vientiane, Lao PDR Prospects of economic cooperation in the Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar region: A quantitative assessment by Md. Tariqur Rahman and Muhammad Al Amin, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 73, July 2009 Towards a better understanding of the political economy of regional integration in the GMS: Stakeholder Coordination and Consultation for Subregional Trade Facilitation in Thailand by Kornkarun Cheewatrakoolpong, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 72, June 2009 ARTNeT/RIS Follow-up Workshop on Gravity Modelling of Trade Facilitation and “Behind the Border” Measures Affecting Trade, 21-25 Sep 2009, New Delhi, India Call for Papers: Analyses of Crisis-Era Protectionism, issued by ARTNeT and the Global Trade Alert (deadline 7 November 2009) Call for Papers for the Research Workshop on the Rising Non-Tariff Protectionism and Crisis Recovery on 14-15 December 2009 in Macao, China, issued by the Macao Regional Knowledge Hub (MARKHUB) and ARTNeT Impact of Trade Facilitation Measures and Regional Trade Agreements on Food and Agricultural Trade in South Asia by Jeevika Weerahewa, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 69, June 2009 Trade and Social Development: The case of Asia by Nilanjan Banik, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 68, June 2009 Behind the Border Trade Facilitation in Asia-Pacific: Cost of Trade, Credit Information, Contract Enforcement and Regulatory Coherence by Yann Duval and Chorthip Utoktham, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 67, May 2009 ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 5, Issue 1 / January - May 2009 Enhancing export diversification through trade facilitation by Ben Shepherd, Brief No. 19, May 2009 ARTNeT and ESCAP join hands with the World Bank Research Group and CCPIT to organize a forum on trade facilitation and SMEs in times of crisis ARTNeT Alerts on Trade Finance in Times of Crisis and Beyond, Issue 3, April 2009 Impact of IT related Trade Facilitation Measures on SMEs: An Overview of Indian Experience by Sachin Chaturvedi, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 66, May 2009 The Impact of Information Technology (IT) in Trade Facilitation on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMES) in Sri Lanka by Janaka Wijayasiri and Suwendrani Jayaratne, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 65, May 2009 Global economic and financial crisis: India’s trade potential and future prospects by Prabir De, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 64, May 2009 WTO/ESCAP ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research, 22-26 Jun 2009, Bangkok, Thailand ARTNeT GMS Capacity Building Workshop on Competitiveness Analysis, 3-5 Jun 2009, Hanoi, Viet Nam ARTNeT GMS Consultative Meeting on Bridging the Development Gaps in the GMS, 1-2 Jun 2009, Hanoi, Viet Nam ARTNeT Alerts on Emerging Policy Challenges: Preferential Trade Agreements: an Insurance Against Protectionism?, Issue 2, February 2009 Call for Papers and Abstracts – Asia-Pacific Trade Economists’ Conference TRADE-LED GROWTH IN TIMES OF CRISIS Bangkok, 2-3 November 2009 (Deadline: 30 March 2009) Call for Papers – ARTNeT Young Trade Economists’ Award 2009 (Deadline: 1 July 2009) Call for Applications – Short Course on Global Trade Analysis: Introduction to Applied General Equilibrium Analysis in a Multi-Region Framework (Deadline: 20 March 2009) ARTNeT Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee Meeting. 6 March 2009 Manila, Philippines., back to back with Emerging trade issues for policymakers in developing countries of Asia and the Pacific: New era of trade governance, 4-6 March 2009 Call for Expression of Interest – ARTNeT Regional Study Team Members (Deadline 20 February 2009) Call for Expression of Interest – ARTNeT Regional Study Team Leaders (Deadline: 20 February 2009) Call for ARTNeT Short-Term Research Study Proposals (Deadline: 20 February 2009) Call for Expression of Interest – ARTNeT Cell (Deadline: 20 February 2009) Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Adjustments to Information Technology (IT) in Trade Facilitation: The South Korean Experience by Junsok Yang, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 61, January 2009 2008 ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 2 / July - December 2008 The Expansion of Textile and Clothing Firms of China to Asian Least Developed Countries: The Case of Cambodia by Jinmin Wang, Jiebing Wu and Xianguo Yao, ARTNeT Working Paper Series,No. 60, December 2008 Regional Integration and Inclusive Development: Lessons from ASEAN Experience by Hank Giokhay Lim, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 59, December 2008 ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research: “Behind the Border" Gravity Modeling, 15-19 December 2008, Bangkok, Thailand ARTNeT Gravity Modeling Initiative on “Behind the Border” Factors Affecting Trade (2008-9) ARTNeT Call for Research-based Policy Briefs (deadline: 1 November 2008) ARTNeT-PEP Policy forum on Trade, Investment and Domestic Policy Coherence for Inclusive Growth, Manila, 9 December 2008 ARTNeT GMS Research Team Meeting - Political Economy of Regional Integration in the GMS: A Stakeholder Analysis, 21 August 2008, Bangkok, Thailand ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 1 / January - June 2008 Working Paper No. 56 by De et al. (June 2008) evaluates barriers to transit trade at border-crossings in South Asia Policy Brief No.15 discusses trade policy priorities for investment, June 2008 Working Paper No. 55 by Duval (May 2008) on trade and investment linkages and policy coherence ESCAP/WTO ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research, 2-6 June 2008, Phnom Penh, Cambodia ARTNeT Alerts on Emerging Policy Challenges, Issue 1, April 2008 Performance of export-oriented small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Viet Nam by Tran Quoc Trung, Nguyen Thanh Tung, Tran Duy Dong and Phan Hoai Duong, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 54, April 2008 Financial services integration in East Asia: Lessons from the European Union by Gloria O. Pasadilla, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 53, March 2008 Policy Brief No. 14: Post-Multifibre Arrangement Adjustments and China: After all, the Emperor is wearing no new clothes? by John Whalley, January 2008 Trade and investment linkages and coordination in Nepal: Impact on productivity and exports and business perceptions by Dilli Raj Khanal and Prakash Kumar Shrestha, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 52, February 2008 ARTNeT Study on "Trade facilitation beyond the multilateral trade negotiations" published by ESCAP in cooperation with UNDP New UN publication on "Towards trade and investment policy coherence" features four ARTNeT studies Call for ARTNET Short-Term Research Study Proposals (deadline: 22 February 2008) 2007 ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 3 / September - December 2007 Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), 12 Dec. 2007, Macao, China, back to back with Research Workshop on Emerging Trade Issues for Developing Countries in Asia-Pacific Region, 10-11 Dec. 2007 Trade and investment liberalization and the development of small and medium enterprises: A perspective from Indonesia, Brief No. 13, September 2007 ARTNeT Studies on Regional Agricultural Trade Liberalization published in UNESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment Series, No. 60 ARTNeT Consultative Meeting on Trade and Investment Policy Coordination, 16-17 July 2007, Bangkok, Thailand ARTNeT Studies on need and cost of selected trade facilitation measures published in UNESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment Series, No. 57 Four new working papers just released Assessing Barriers to Trade in Education Services in Developing Asia - Pacific Countries: An Empirical Exercise by Ajitava Raychaudhuri and Prabir De, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 34, May 2007 ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1 / January - April 2007 WTO/ESCAP Third ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Research, 26-30 March 2007, Bangkok, Thailand Agricultural Trade Protection: A Perspective from India by Biswajit Dhar, Brief No. 11, January 2007 Trade Liberalization and Development in ICT Sector and its Impact on Household Welfare in Viet Nam by Tran Quoc Trung, Nguyen Tungm, Le Thuc Duc, Nguyen Cao Duc and Tran Hao Hung, ARTNeT Working Paper Serioes, No. 33, February 2007 Promoting Export: Some Lessons from Indonesian Manufacturing by Dionisius A. Narjoko and Raymond Atje, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 32, February 2007 The Effects of Agricultural Trade Liberalization under DDA with Special Reference to the Asia Pacific Region: A Brief Survey by Jayatilleka S. Bandara, ARTNeT Working Paper Serioes, No. 31, February 2007 Health-related Services in Multilateral and Preferential Trade Arrangements in Asia and the Pacific by Mia Mikic, ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 30, January 2007 Three new working papers on PTAs, trade facilitation and trade costs released (January 2007) Call for short-term study proposals (deadline: 15 January 2007) Call for regional study on trade and investment proposals (intent to submit deadline: 15 January 2007) 2006 ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 3 / September - December 2006 Policy Brief No. 10: "Regional Agricultural Trade Liberalization Efforts in South Asia: Retrospect and Prospects" by P. Samaratunga et al, December 2006 Policy Brief No.9: "Role of Technological Capabilities in Enhancing FDI Flows" by Amitendu Palit ARTNeT Research Programme 2006-7 Agriculture Liberalisation in Preferential Trading Agreements: The Case of ASEAN Free Trade Area by Gloria O. Pasadilla, Brief No. 8, October 2006 Third ARTNeT Consultative Meeting of Policy Makers and Research Institutions, 1-2 November 2006 Post-Doha Research Agenda for Developing Countries, a WTO/ESCAP/ARTNeT workshop, 30-31 October 2006 WTO/ESCAP/ARTNeT Advanced Regional Seminar on Multilateral Negotiations in Services for Asian and Pacific Economies, 19-21 September 2006, Kolkata, India ESCAP Secretariat releases note evaluating ARTNeT (13 September 2006) [English | Chinese | French | Russian] ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2 / May - August 2006 ARTNeT Visiting Fellowships - Call for Applications Four trade facilitation related working papers just released Regional Trade Integration in South Asia: Rationale, Impediments and the Way Forward by Ejaz Ghani, Brief No. 7, July 2006 Call for Research-based Policy Briefs on Trade Issues (August 2006) UNDP/ESCAP ARTNeT Consultative Meeting on Trade Facilitation and Regional Integration, 17-18 August 2006 ARTNeT Services Trade Liberalization Research Team Meeting, 5 June 2006 ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1 / January - April 2006 Call for ARTNeT Short-Term Research Study Proposals WTO/ESCAP Second ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Research, 17-21 April 2006 WTO/ESCAP ARTNeT Regional Seminar on WTO Agriculture Negotiations for Asia-Pacific Economics, 29-31 March 2006 UNDP/ESCAP ARTNeT Trade Facilitation Research Team Meeting, 15 March 2006 2005 ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 3 / September - December 2005 ARTNeT Policy Brief No. 6 on Implementation of Trade Facilitation Measures First ARTNeT Visiting Fellowship awarded to Mr. Rajan, Panta, Tribhuvan University, Nepal New in "Resources of Researchers" section: Useful links (Market Access Map, TradeMap) Call for proposal for an ARTNeT Regional Study on Trade in Services ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 1, November 2005 Trade Research Institutions in Asia-Pacific: Capacity-Building Needs in Developing Countries ARTNeT Research Programme 2005-6 Finalized for Implementation, 7 November 2005 ARTNeT Research Effort on Trade Facilitation presented at the OECD Global Forum on Trade, 18-19 October, Colombo, Sri Lanka Second ARTNeT Consultative Meeting of Policy Makers and Research Institutions, 6-7 October 2005, Macao, China Call for Expressions of Interest on Trade Facilitation Research Delivering on the WTO Round: A High-level Government-Business Dialogue for Development, 4-6 October 2005, Macao, China ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 2 / May - August 2005 ARTNeT Research Team Meeting on Agricutural Trade Liberalization, 8-9 August 2005, Colombo, Sri Lanka ARTNeT Trade Facilitation Research Team Meeting (25-27 May 2005) ARTNeT Call for Research-based Policy Briefs (May - August 2005) ARTNeT Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1 / January - April 2005 ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research, 22-25 March 2005, Bangkok, Thailand 2004 First Consultative Meeting of ARTNeT (Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade) Research Institutions and Policy Makers, 27-29 October 2004, Bangkok, Thailand Support provided by IDRC, Canada