The Financing for Development Office of the United Nations recently published an excerpt of Prof. Raymond Saner’s ground breaking article on “The International Monetary Fund’s Influence on Trade Policy: A Legal Critique” in its Newsletter, The Road to DOHA (link). The original article was published in the Journal of World Trade, 41(5): 931-981, 2007.
Month: June 2026
Labour Rights as Human Rights: Evaluating the policy coherence of USA, EU and Australia through trade agreements and their participation in the Universal Periodic Review
Raymond Saner, Angad Keith & Lichia Yiu
The purpose of this study is to find policy coherence, or lack thereof, in the labour provisions contained in the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) of the United States of America, the European Union and Australia when compared to their interactions in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Sessions with their trade partners and to the official trio of UPR documents made available during these sessions. Over the past decade these countries have entered into various free trade agreements with developing and developed countries alike. However, it is their trade agreements with developing countries that are of particular interest.
RTAs and FTAs
RTA-WTO 2001.pdf (65.63 kB)
Regional Trade Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment
Regional Trade Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment: Impact of existing RTAs on FDI and trade flows in the Andean Community and implications of a hemispheric RTA in the Americas.
20090517_Paez_AWI_3_08[1].pdf (930.18 kB)
WTO GATS
GATS Financial Services Liberalization: How do OECD Members Schedules Impact Commercial Banking FDI?
Recent efforts to lay out an international regulatory framework relevant for fi nancial services liberalization, consolidated under the aegis of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and followed by the implementation of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), have provided market access to commercial banks seeking establishment in an important group of countries.
ISO 22000’s potential impact on world trade in agricultural products
Hardly a day goes by without the media reporting on the difficult negotiations w i t h i n t h e Wo r l d Trade Organization (WTO) and the threat to international trade should there be no successful conclusion to the Doha Round.
The problem most often reported centers around market access for agricultural products from developing countries that cannot pass the prohibitively high level of tariffs of the industrialized countries.
Tourism Development in Least Developed Countries: Challenges and Opportunities
Effective tourism development strategies require systemic thinking and comprehensive investment portfolio strategies regarding the tourism industry as a whole, i.e. going beyond investing in hotels, but also including transportation infrastructure, catering, restaurants, safe water, financial system etc. The destination countries need to review their tourism value & supply chains and identify structural impediments to the full utilization of their tourism assets and facilities. This paper shows how Least Developed Countries (LDCs) can define their tourism sector development and suggests a framework which can be used by a LDC to assess its tourism development potential. It can also be used by potential investors interested in investing in an LDC’s tourism sector who need to understand the broader context of doing business in LDCs.
Raymond Saner, Lichia Yiu and Mario Filadoro
Lesotho, a tourism destination: An analysis of Lesotho’s current tourism products and potential for growth
Tourism development has been identified by the government of Lesotho, the International Monetary Fund as well as the United Nations World Tourism Organization as a sector that can reduce poverty as well as absorb many low or semi-skilled labour. Boosting the tourism sector in the Kingdom will inevitably work towards alleviating poverty in the Kingdom overall. This chapter applies a case approach in order to illustrate potential investment opportunities and tourism performance improvements in an existing ski resort in Lesotho.
Lichia Yiu & Raymond Saner with Marcus Raphael Lee
Séminaire international sur le Thème : La Mise en Place et le Renforcement de Systèmes compétitifs visant à la qualité dur Tourisme, Alger, 2006
Alger, le 16 mai 2006, Prof. Dr Raymond Saner, Directeur, CSEND-Genève, Genève, le 20 mai 2006.Observations générales : Les participants étaient nombreux et les échanges entre intervenants et participants offraient d’excellentes opportunités de comparer concepts et stratégies visant à développer le secteur du tourisme de l’Algérie en particulier et des pays de la région en général.