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This publication examines the implications of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for developing countries of Asia and the Pacific region. It also considers alternative scenarios as...

This report is adopted from The Regional Seminar on Facilitating the Accession of Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Developing Countries to the World Trade Organization...

This publication consists of an overall synthesis study on: Bangladesh, China, India, the Pacific Island Countries, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. The studies demonstrate that identifying current non...

Some of the critical long-term policy challenges that Asia and the Pacific region faces include how to manage globalization, how to extend the duration of the current recovery and how the poor can...

In the climate of great political uncertainty and economic slowdown, countries may be tempted to turn inwards by erecting protectionist barriers. Yet, there could not be a more important time to...

This study analyzes the trade and investment complementarities among the member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization and neighboring Armenia. It describes the physical facilities and...

This publication discusses the effects of the Asian crisis on trade and investment flows in the Asia and the Pacific region; the response of policy makers within and outside the region; the likely...

This publication contributes to the general understanding of the World Trade Organization accession process. It is targeted to countries with economies in transition and all other countries that are...

This publication contains conclusions and recommendations of the Regional Round Table on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for Central Asia held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in April 2003. It also presents...

The Monterrey Consensus underscores the central role of international trade as well as private capital flows as engines for development. The articles in this publication provide insights into the role...

Owing to the great potential for economic development and prosperity in the Indo-China, the private sector can play a substantial role as the driving force for sustained growth. This publication...

This publication provides a bird's eye view of the current status of trade relations between the two regions. As a part of the Studies in Trade and Investment Series, this publication presents an...

This publication presents comparative overviews of e-commerce legal and regulatory systems in some of the ESCAP subregions, including East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia and the South Pacific. The...

The articles in this publication provide insights into the status of the negotiations in the main areas of the Doha Development Agenda and interlinkages between trade liberalization in those areas to...

This publication examines the implications of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) agenda for developing countries of Asia and the Pacific region. As countries are about to enter into new negotiations...

This publication looks at trade and investment policies that help bridge the digital divide and facilitate integration into the global economy in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries. It...

This publication offers in-depth expert views of trade issues and WTO negotiations and is useful for trade negotiators, trade economists and government officials. It presents a set of papers that...

This publication comprises papers and presentations made at meetings on the Doha Development Agenda. The papers cover key trade and investment related issues such as; trade facilitation in the WTO...

Contains the papers and proceedings of the 1994 Symposium on the Implications of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the Asia and Pacific region.

A focus on the development of transitional economies through intraregional trade expansion and economic cooperation with neighbouring countries. A case study of the Northeast Asia Sub-region is...