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The Post-Doha Research Agenda for Developing Countries - WTO/ESCAP/ARTNeT Workshop
Date
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30-31 October 2006 |
Venue
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Macao, China |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
Government of Macao, China
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Objective
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To assess the current state of art in trade related research and compare it with the needs of developing and the least developed countries, especially in ESCAP region. |
Documentation
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Welcome message
 Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
and Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
Presentations:
Session 1: Multilateral governance of global trade and sustainable
development: whither the WTO system?
Simon Evenett (University of St Gallen, Switzerland)
and Patrick Low (WTO)
Session 2: 'Regionalism and multilateralism' clash -- Asian style
Mia Mikic (UNESCAP)
Regionalism and Multilateralism–A Forced Marriage?
Myrna S. Austria (De La Salle University, Philippines)
Session 3: Service Trade Liberalization as a Development
Opportunity
K.C. Fung (University of California and University
of Hong Kong)
The Development Dimension of Services Liberalization:
Some Country Experiences
Gloria Pasadilla (Philippine Institute for Development
Studies)
Session 4: Making trade work for poverty reduction: reality or
fantasy?
Will Martin (World Bank)
Session 5: Taming Non-Tariff Barriers: Can WTO find a solution?
Biswajit Dhar (Indian Institute for Foreign Trade)
Can non-tariff barriers be tamed?
Yann Duval (UNESCAP)
Taming TBT: Case of SK-II in China
Rajesh Sharma (Macau University of Science and
Technology)
Session 6: "How far behind the border?"
Christopher Findlay (University of Adelaide, Australia)
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Participants
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Programme
Information note for participants
List of participants
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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: 14 November 2006 |
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