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Expert Group Meeting on Inclusive and Job-Enhancing Trade:
Asia-Pacific opportunities
Date
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14 December 2012 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizer
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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To review emerging issues in trade and investment in the Asian and Pacific region, discuss related policy responses including possible regional cooperation initiatives, as well as propose areas requiring further analytical study, mostly through the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report. |
Documentation
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Presentation:
Session 1: Inclusive and job-enhancing trade: Definition, stylized facts and proposal for assessment of inclusive trade
 Inclusive and job-enhancing trade: Asia-Pacific opportunities
- APTIR 2013 Concept note
Inclusive and job-enhancing trade (APTIR 2013): Definition
and assessment of "inclusive trade"
Mia Mikic, Martin Wermelinger,
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 2: Linkages between trade, FDI, jobs, productivity and equality: myths and evidence
Linkages between trade, FDI, jobs, productivity and
Equality: Myths and Evidence
Susan Stone, Development Division, Trade and Agriculture
Directorate, OECD
Session 3: Sectoral specificities relevant for trade and inclusivity
Economic Reforms and Agriculture in Bangladesh:
Assessment of Impacts using Economy-wide
Simulation Models
Selim Raihan
Trade and Employment in Services - Indonesia’s
Forgotten Sector
Chris Manning (SEADI, USAID) and Haryo Aswicahyono
(CSIS)
Regional economic integration and inclusive growth:
The case of the Philippines
Celia M. Reyes
Inclusive Trade in IPN context
Witada Anukoonwattaka, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Session 4: Dealing with challenges for making trade inclusive
Dealing with challenges for making trade inclusive [1, 2]
Marion Jansen, WTO
Session 5: Role and tools of different stakeholders in steering trade towards inclusivity
Future of Trade
Pradeep S. Mehta
WTA initial business priorities
Barbara Meynert
Making Trade Inclusive - Is There a Role for Aid for Trade?
Ratnakar Adhikari, SAWTEE, Nepal
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Participants
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Tentative programme
Information note for participants
List of participants
Photo gallery |
Contact
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Ms. Mia Mikic
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: mikic@un.org |
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Last updated: 18 December 2012 |
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