Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)


 
Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Review
Vol. 4, 2008



CONTENTS Page
 
Special brief 1

Research Articles


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The rise of China: What does it mean for the least developed
countries in the Asia-Pacific?


Who will be the main global IT services hub: India or China?

Economic impact of East and South-East Asian free trade
agreements


Performance of export-oriented small and medium-sized
manufacturing enterprises in Viet Nam


Policy options for establishing effective subnational innovation
systems and technological capacity-building
11


35


57


83


115

Staff papers


139
Asian-African trade and investment cooperation

Issues in the long-term development of sovereign wealth funds
141

159

Overviews of recent studies on trade and investment
published by the ESCAP secretariat




181
Unveiling protectionism: regional responses to remaining
barriers in the textile and clothing trade

Trade facilitation beyond the multilateral trade negotiations:
regional practices, Customs valuation and other emerging
issues —a study by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training
Network on Trade

Towards coherent policy frameworks: understanding trade
and investment linkages

183




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