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Bangkok, Thailand |
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Trade
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ESCAP/WTO ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop
for Trade Research
Date
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2-6 June 2008 |
Venue
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade
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World Trade Organization (WTO)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) |
Objective
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To develop capacity of researchers from developing countries to analyse trade and investment policy issues |
Documentation
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Opening statement
 Mr. Ravi Ratnayake, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, UNESCAP
Day 1
Session 1: The Rationale for International Trade
Cooperation
Robert R. Teh Jr., Economic Research and Statistics,
WTO
Session 2: The GATT/WTO system: How the system
works and a brief introduction to current (Doha)
negotiation issues
Robert R. Teh Jr., WTO
Session 3: Globalisation, Trade and Poverty
Jalilian Hossein, Research Director, CDRI, Cambodia
Session 4: Trade and Gender: Quantitative Approaches
Shahid Ahmed, Economist, UNCTAD India, New Delhi
Day 2
Session 1: Modelling methods for trade policy research
Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
Session 2: Partial Equilibrium Model: An Example
Robert R. Teh Jr., WTO
Session 3: Gravity Models: Theoretical Foundations
and related estimation issues
Robert R. Teh Jr., WTO
Session 4: WTO tariff and trade databases
Robert R. Teh Jr., WTO
Day 3
Session 1: World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS)
and its databases
Samuel Munyaneza, Trade Analysis Branch,
UNCTAD
Session 3: WITS Analytical Tools: SMART
Samuel Munyaneza, Trade Analysis Branch,
UNCTAD
Day 4
Session 1: Trade Facilitation
Yann Duval, Trade Policy Section, Trade and
Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 2-3: Trade competitiveness indicators
and analysis
Mia Mikic, Trade Policy Section, Trade and
Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 4: Commonly used trade integration and
trade performance indicators in ESCAP work
Mia Mikic, UNESCAP
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Participants
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Programme
Information note for participants
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Yann Duval
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: [email protected] |
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Last updated: 14 July 2008 |
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