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ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research
Date
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22-25 March 2005 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division |
Objective
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To build research capacity
of Least Developed Countries. |
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Programme
Presentations:
- Asia
Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade
 Ravi Ratnayake, ARTNeT Coordinator and Director,
Trade and Investment Division ,
UNESCAP
Day 1
- An introduction to international trade research
Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research
and Statistics, WTO
- Modelling Methods for Trade Policy
Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and
Statistics Division, WTO
- Application:
Modelling methods for trade policy Trade
Creation and Trade Diversion
- Application solution
Day2
- Consolidated Tariff Schedules Database (CTS)
Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research
and Statistics, WTO
- Integrated Database System (IDB)
Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and
Statistics Division, WTO
- World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS)
Ralf Peters, Division on International Trade in
Goods and Services, and Commodities, UNCTAD
- Trade indicators
Mia Mikic, Economic Affairs Officer,
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
- Commonly used trade indicators: A note
Day 3
- Agricultural trade liberalization: Perspective from Pakistan
and research needs
Pirzada Wajid Hussain Shah, Director/National
Coordinator, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council
- WITS Exercises
Ralf Peters, Division on International Trade in
Goods and Services, and Commodities, UNCTAD
- Structure and Uses of the Agricultural Market Access
Database (AMAD)
- Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM)
Day 4
- Primary Data Collection Methods: Survey Design
Yann Duval, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade
Efficiency and Facilitation Section, Trade and
Investment Division, UNESCAP
- Survey design exercise and case study
- Methodology
- Workplan
- Questionnaire
- Survey
Design Exercise and Case Study: Recommendations
and Elements of Solutions
- Handout
- Upcoming Opportunities for Junior Researchers
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Information note for participants
List
of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Yann Duval
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: duvaly@un.org |
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Last updated: 31 March 2005 |
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