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


Export competitiveness and sustained economic recovery
(ST/ESCAP/2150)
CONTENTS
Preface
  1. EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINED
    ECONOMIC RECOVERY
    1. Introduction
    2. Recent economic developments
      1. The recovery gains momentum
      2. Rising uncertainties
    3. Developments in trade policy
      1. Multilateralism and accession to the World
        Trade Organization
      2. Regionalism and multilateralism: achieving
        balance
      3. Monetary cooperation: creating stability for
        export competitiveness
    4. New sources of productivity growth
    5. Conclusion

  2. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTING
    ANOTHER CAPITAL ACCOUNT CRISIS
    1. Introduction
    2. Name of the crisis
    3. Policy recommendations for Asian economies
      with substantially liberalized capital accounts
      1. Crisis prevention
      2. Crisis management
    4. Policy recommendations for economies with
      substantially liberalized capital accounts
    Annexes

  3. EXPORT PERFORMANCE: INCREASING
    COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH NEW SOURCES OF
    PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
    1. Recent growth experience in the Asian region
    2. Evolving composition of export trade in Asia
      1. Role of foreign direct investment in
        promoting exports
      2. Change in Indian export composition in
        the post-liberalization era
    3. India's export productivity growth through
      information and communications technology and
      other support services
      1. Liberalization in export-support services
      2. Information technology sector in India and
        its impact on export sector productivity
      3. Knowledge economy and enhancing export
        competitiveness through human capital
    4. Policy measures for sustained export development
      with special focus on technology and skill-intensive
      products
      1. Liberal technology import policy
      2. Liberal foreign direct investment policy
      3. Intellectual property rights regime
      4. Labour market reforms
      5. Promoting local research and development
      6. Creating an institutional mechanism for
        state-supported services
      7. Rising productivity of support services
      8. Development human resources
      9. Bridging the digital divide
      10. Technical cooperation among development
        countries
      11. Market access
      Annex

  4. LIBERALIZATION, DEREGULATION AND TRADE
    FACILITATION: REDUCING THE TRANSACTION
    COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS
    1. Introduction
    2. The role of business and trade in the ESCAP region
      1. Overview of recent developments
      2. Economic recovery and the role of the
        private sector
    3. Policy environment for business in developing
      countries
    4. Business in a knowledge economy: implications
      of information technology
    5. Policy recommendations for economic integration of
      developing countries to enhance competitiveness
    6. Conclusion

  5. MULTILATERALISM AND REGIONALISM: ENHANCING
    INTEGRATION INTO THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM
    THROUGH DEEPER ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
    1. Introduction
    2. Role of trade in the economic recovery process
      underway in the ESCAP region
    3. Assessment of current world trade organization
      liberalization efforts
    4. Assessment of regional liberalization efforts
      currently underway
    5. Analysis of implications for long-term export
      competitiveness arising from regionalism and
      multilateralism
    6. Policy recommendations for deepening economic
      integration of developing countries and
      enhancing export competitiveness
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Last updated: 24 January 2002