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"Beyond the crisis: The future of the multilateral system" - Seminar organized by the Foundation Ramón Areces and the OECD Development Centre Madrid, 4-5 October 2010, Article

WTO Rules and Food Crisis in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Crise Alimentaire/ Food Crisis - Survey ISO 22000’s potential impact on world trade in agricultural products

CSEND has organized an international conference on the Food Crisis together with the group of the Least Developed Country members of the WTO. The title of the conference was“ WTO Rules and Food Crisis in the Least Developed Countries” ....

The learning architecture which bridges the individual training on trade rules to upgrade trade institutional capacities: Three stages model of CSEND (published in Capacity Development, 2003, Note by the UNCTAD Secretariat, Trade and Development Board (TD/B/50/9, TD/B/WP/168) CSEND Three Stage...

Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for LDCs:Time to Reconsider Aid Effectiveness & Efficiency CSEND has been appointed a member to the Development Finance Network (DeFiNe) of the OECD Development Finance Network (DeFiNe) DeFiNe is a global network of think tanks...

A debate has sprung up on the Internet among economists and social scientists tracking the India story involving Jagdish Bhagwati , Amartya Sen, Martin Wolf and many others. The basic question is: Should India continued to focus exclusively on high...

The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) launched in 2001was supposed to achieve further trade liberalisation while at the same time taking into account the needs of developing countries. Ten years have passed since its inception. No end of the Round is...

Education plays a crucial role in fostering personal and social development, as well as economic growth. Government policies play a dominant role in this sector. Over time, trade in education services, particularly at the tertiary level, have been growing in...

According to a review of Bolivia's energy sector conducted last year by the Centre for Socio Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND), the most significant subsidies are centred on the country's hydrocarbon resources. The research concluded that subsidies are an inefficient way for...

The Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) is the only legally binding agreement within the WTO covering government procurement (GP) guaranteeing fair and non-discriminatory conditions of international competition in GP. States usually spend around 15-25 % of GDP on GP. The GPA...