Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP

Bangkok, Thailand

Trade and Investment Division (TID)

ARTNeT/RIS Follow-up Workshop on Gravity Modelling
of Trade Facilitation and “Behind the Border”
Measures Affecting Trade

Date	21-25 September 2009
Venue	New Delhi, India
Organizer	UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
Objective	To develop participants capacity to conduct research on trade policy and facilitation issues.
Documentation	Presentation: Monday, 21 September 2009: Revision of the Basics Session 1: Introduction to Gravity Modelling Ben Shepherd Session 2: Estimating the Basic Gravity Model Ben Shepherd Tuesday, 22 September 2009: Advanced Gravity Modelling Session 1: The Theoretical Gravity Model Ben Shepherd Session 3: Dealing with Endogeneity Ben Shepherd Wednesday, 23 September 2009: Advanced Gravity Modelling (con’t.) & Data for Gravity Modelling Session 1: Dealing with Zero Trade Flows Ben Shepherd Session 4: Principal Components Analysis Ben Shepherd Trading Across Borders Allen Dennis Trade Facilitation Performance Indicators: What Gets Measured, Gets Managed Monica Alina Mustra Complementarities LPI/DB Monica Alina Mustra Tools for Trade and Trade Policy Analysis Ravi A. Yatawara World Trade Indicators 2008 Ravi A. Yatawara Thursday, 24 September 2009: Complements to Standard Gravity Models Session 1: Gravity Complements–Inverse Gravity Ben Shepherd Session 3: Gravity Complements–Firm-Level Data Ben Shepherd Friday, 25 September 2009: Gravity Modeling Process—From Research Design to Results Session 2: Consolidation and Best Practice Ben Shepherd
Participants	Programme Reading list Information note for participants List of participants
Contact	Mr. Yann Duval Economic Affairs Officer Trade Facilitation Section Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP Email: [email protected]

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