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WTO/ESCAP Seminar on Aid for Trade Including Trade and Development
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15-16 April 2013 |
Venue
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Kathmandu, Nepal |
Organizer
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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The seminar is designed to assist government officials from Asia and the Pacific to consolidate their understanding of development-related issues in the WTO, with a specific focus on Aid for Trade, as well as provide a greater appreciation of the linkage between trade and development. It also aims to provide the participants with a greater awareness of the various factors that can enhance the developmental gains from trade. It will include development-related issues currently being treated in the WTO with an eye on the next WTO Ministerial Conference to be held in Bali, in December, 2013.
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Documentation
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Presentations:
Session 2
Economic development with trade as a growth engine: The story of ROK
Jun Ho Shin, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 5
Trade Facilitation
Annet Blank, Head, LOD Unit, Development Division, WTO
Session 6
LDC's participation in world trade
Annet Blank
The Services Waiver for LDCs
Annet Blank
Hong Kong Decision on DFQF Market Access and Rules of Origin
Annet Blank
TRIPS Transition Period
Annet Blank
Session 7
Aid for Trade
Shishir Priyadarshi, Director, Development Division, WTO
Session 8
Asia-Pacific and global production networks: Role for Aid for Trade
Mia Mikic, Chief, Trade policy and Analysis Section, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
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Participants
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List of participants
Programme
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Contact
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Mr. Rajan Sudesh Ratna
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy and Analysis Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: ratna@un.org
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Last updated: 24 April 2013 |
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