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Regional Policy Dialogue: Facilitating the Accession of
Developing Countries to the WTO

Date
31 March-1 April 2004
Venue
Bangkok, Thailand
Organizers
World Trade Organization
UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
UNCTAD
Objective
To provide a forum for an exchange of experiences and research findings about the accession impacts on the welfare of acceding countries, with an aim of recommending the best response practices.
Documentation
Tentative programme
Introductory Remarks: Seminar Programme and Objectives - Overview

Country studies:

Session 2a
- Domestic economic impact and social costs of adjustment to
the WTO membership of Nepal

Session 2b
- Domestic economic impact and social costs of adjustment to
the WTO membership of Cambodia

Session 2c
- Domestic economic impact and social costs of adjustment to
alternative approaches to liberalization for Bhutan


Country statements:

Session 2d: Statements of other countries in the process of
accession

- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Indonesia
- Lao PDR
- Mongolia
- Pakistan
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Vanuatu

Presentations:

Session 2a
- Country study: Nepal
N.C. Lamichhane, Executive Director
Trade Promotion Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal

Session 2b
- Country study: Cambodia
Cambodian Legal Resources Development Center
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Session 2c
- Country study: Bhutan
Prabhat K. Pankaj
Sherubtse College, Bhutan
Participants
Information note for participants
List of participants
Contact
Mr. C.M.M.Chandrasekara
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: chandrasekara@un.org

Last updated: 12 April 2004
 

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