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Bangkok, Thailand |
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Trade
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WTO/ESCAP Second ARTNeT Capacity Building
Workshop on Trade Research
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17-21 April 2006 |
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
World Trade Organization
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Objective
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To develop participants capacity to conduct
research on WTO-related
and other trade policy and facilitation issues. |
Documentation
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Presentations:
Day 1: The Multilateral Trading System and the WTO and Doha
 Development Agenda
Session 1: The architecture and rationale of the multilateral
trading system
Mr. Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics,
WTO
Session 2: The GATT/WTO system: How the system works and
a brief introduction to current negotiation issues
Mr. Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics,
WTO
Session 3: Regional trade arrangements: Systemic implications
and performance assessment of PTAs
Ms. Tiziana Bonapace, Chief, Trade Policy Section, Trade and
Investment Division (TID), UNESCAP
Session 4: Developing countries in the multilateral trading
system: S&D and other issues
Mr. Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics,
WTO
Day 2: WTO Negotiations and Research Issues
Session 1: Trade Facilitation and the WTO negotiations
Mr. Yann Duval, Economic Affairs Officer, TID, UNESCAP
Session 2: Market access in goods: NAMA and agriculture
negotiations
Mr. Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics,
WTO
Session 3: Trade in services: state of play and interest of
developing countries
Mr. Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics,
WTO
Session 4: Roundtable discussion on WTO related research
issues
Ms. Mia Mikic, Economic Affairs Officer, TID, UNESCAP
Day 3: Gravity Modelling and Applications
Session 1: Modelling Methods for Trade Policy I: Simulation
Models
Ms. Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and Statistics
Division, WTO
Session 2: Modelling Methods for Trade Policy II: Introduction to
OLS Regression Analysis
Ms. Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and Statistics
Division, WTO
Session 3: Modelling Method for Trade Policy II: Gravity
Applications
Ms. Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and Statistics
Division, WTO
Session 4: Presentations and review of gravity model
applications of selected participants
- Why Trade Costs Matter?
Prabir De, Research and Information System for the
Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries
- Thailand’s FTA Strategy
Mr. Santi Chaisrisawatsuk, Center for International
Economics and Development Studies
Day 4: Data for Gravity Modelling and Group Work
Session 1: Building a data set for gravity models
Ms. Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and Statistics
Division, WTO
Session 2: Some Ideas for Research Questions
Ms. Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and Statistics
Division, WTO
Day 5: Small Research Group Work
Session 1: Advance Gravity Modelling
Ms. Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and Statistics
Division, WTO
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Participants
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Tentative programme
Information note for participants
Suggested Advance Reading List 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: 25 May 2006 |
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