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Trade Facilitation in selected landlocked countries in Asia
(United Nations, 2007-06)
<p>In the view of the significance of trade facilitation to landlocked countries, the ESCAP has conducted this study with the aim of increasing understanding of the specific trade facilitation issues and conditions in the ...
The future WTO agenda and developing countries : selected papers and issues discussed at the ESCAP/UNCTAD/ADB meeting of senior officials on the future WTO agenda and developing countries, Bangkok, 23-25 August 1999
(United Nations, 2000)
<p>As ESCAP member countries prepare for the next WTO Ministerial Conference, a sense of harsh reality pervades as they grapple with the worst economic downturn of the past half-century. The lessons emerging from the crisis ...
Non-tariff measures with potentially restrictive market access implications emerging in a post-uruguay round context
(United Nations, 2000)
<p>This publication consists of an overall synthesis study presented in Part One and six country studies presented in Part Two. The studies were undertaken within the framework of a project generously funded by the Government ...
Implications of general agreement on trade in services (GATS) for Asia-Pacific economies : report, studies and papers presented at a seminar held in Bangkok, 25-26 May 1998
(United Nations, 2000)
<p>The publication examines the implications of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for developing countries of the ESCAP region and considers alternative scenarios as countries prepare for further multilateral ...
Export competitiveness and sustained economic recovery
(United Nations, 2001)
This publication focuses on export competitiveness policy for sustained economic growth and recovery in the ESCAP region and reviews recent economic and trade developments. The impact of regionalism, multilateralism and ...
Delivering on the WTO round : a high-level government-business dialogue
(United Nations, 2005)
The publication aims to provide an understanding of the WTO accession process. It considers assisting economies in transition and others in the accession process, or contemplating to start application formalities to become ...
The role of trade and investment policies in the implementation of the Monterrey consensus : regional perspectives
(United Nations, 2005)
The Monterrey Consensus underscores the central role of international trade as well as private capital flows as engines for development. In many countries, they account for much larger sources of financing for development ...
Foreign direct investment in Central Asia and Caucasian economies : policies and issues
(United Nations, 2003)
The publication reviews and discusses issues related to investment promotion and facilitation in Central Asian and Caucasian countries. Foreign direct investment is a crucial factor in the development process. An analysis ...
Harmonized development of legal and regulatory systems for e-commerce in Asia and the Pacific : current challenges and capacity-building needs
(United Nations, 2004)
This publication is the result of a project on the Harmonization of e-commerce Legal Systems in Asia and the Pacific (Phase I), implemented by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, ...
Accession to the World Trade Organization : issues and recommendations for Central Asian and Caucasian economies in transition
(United Nations, 2001)
The publication aims to provide an understanding of the WTO accession process. It considers assisting economies in transition and others in the accession process, or contemplating to start application formalities to become ...