Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

 
Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Review
Vol. 2, No. 1, May 2006



CONTENTS Page
 

Research Articles
1
Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Patterns in the
Republic of Korea in the Aftermath of the 1997 Asian
Financial Crisis

Impact on the Environment of Thailand’s Trade with OECD
Countries

The Impact and the Implications of TRIPs in a Knowledge-
based Global Economy:  A Developing Country’s
Perspective

Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Time to Close Windows
of Exception

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Policy Briefs
93
The Economics of Outsourcing 95

Executive Summaries of Recent Studies in Trade
and Investment Published by the Secretariat

103
Delivering on the WTO Round: A High-level Government-
Business Dialogue

Maximizing the Benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility
for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Participating in
Regional and Global Supply Chains

Trade Finance Infrastructure Development Handbook for
Economies in Transition
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