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ARTNeT Consultative Meeting on Trade and Investment Policy
Coordination and Consultation in Preparation of ARTNeT Phase II
Date
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16-17 July 2007 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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To report research findings of the regional research team on trade and investment to policy makers. |
Documentation
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Summary and Highlights
ARTNeT Phase II Consultation Summary
Opening statement
 Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, UNESCAP
Presentations:
Session 1:Trade and investment linkages: Theory and recent
evidence
Interactions between FDI and import/export of FDI
receiving and sending countries
Santi Chaisriwatsuk, Director, CIEDS, NIDA, Thailand
Session 2:Trade and investment linkages: Sectoral evidence in
developing countries
Impact of Trade Liberalization on Foreign Direct
Investment in Indian Industries
Rashmi Banga, UNCTAD, India
Trade & Investment Linkages in Higher Education
Services in Malaysia
Siew Yean Tham, Deputy-Director, IKMAS, National
University of Malaysia
International Trade and Investment policy reforms and
their effect on the development of small and medium
enterprises - The case of Indonesia
Tulus Tambunan, Director, CISMES, Universitas Trisatki,
Indonesia
Trade and Investment Liberalization in the Philippines
Josef Yap, President, Philippine Institute of Development
Studies, Philippines
Session 3:Trade and Investment Policy Coordination: Evidence from
developing countries
Trade and Investment Linkages in Nepal: Impact on
Productivity and Exports and Need for Policy Coordination
Dilli Raj Khanal, Chairman, IPRAD, Nepal
Note on Trade and Investment Policy Coordination in
Lao PDR
Sirisamphan Vorachit, Deputy Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Lao PDR
Session 4:Trade and Investment Policy Coordination: Evidence from
Preferential Trade Agreements
Investment Provisions in Asian RTAs: Relevance,
Emerging Trends, and Policy Implications
Nagesh Kumar, Eexecutive Director, RIS, India
Consultation on ARTNeT Phase II
ARTNeT Phase II Project Proposal
Tiziana Bonapace, Yann Duval, UNESCAP
Session 5:Towards and Beyond Trade and Investment Policy
Coherence
The OECD Policy Framework for Investment
Michael Gestrin, Senior Economist, OECD
Vietnam practice in investment – related Policy
Formulation and the PFI
Hien Thi Minh Nguyen, Ministry of Planning and
Investment, Foreign Investment Agency, Viet Nam
Australia's Interest in the Policy Fraework for Investment
Roy Nixon, The Treasury, Australia
Korea’s New Trade and Outward FDI Policies: Facilitating
the Presence of Korean SMEs in Regional and Global
Markets
Seong-Bong Lee, Korea Institute for International
Economic Policy
Remarks on Section 5 "Towards and Beyond Trade
and Investment Policy Coherence"
Jay Menon, ADB Institute
Session 6:Emerging Policy Research Questions -- Toward a
research agenda on Trade, Investment and Policy
Coherence for ARTNeT Phase II
Waiting for Godot? The troubled prospects for a
multilateral framework on investment
Pierre Sauve, Senior Research Fellow, NCCR-Trade
Regulation, Switzerland
The IISD Model International Agreement on Investment
for Sustainable Development
Aaron Cosbey, Senior Project Advisor, IISD
Explaining Asian Outward FDI
Rashmi Banga, UNCTAD, India
Background documents:
Session 2:Impact of Trade Liberalization on Foreign Direct
Investment in Indian Industries
Bishwanath Goldar and Rashmi Banga
Trade and Investment Linkages in Higher Education
Services in Malaysia
Siew-Yean Tham
Trade and Investment Liberalization Effects on SME
Development: A literature Review and a Case Study
of Indonesia
Tulus Tambunnan
Consultation Session on ARTNeT Phase II:
External Review of ARTNeT Phase I
Suppermaniam Manickam
Country notes:
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Mongolia
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Russian Federation
Sri Lanka
Thailand
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Participants
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Programme
Information note for participants
Guideline for preparation of Country Notes
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Yann Duval
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: duvaly@un.org |
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Last updated: 3 August 2007 |
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