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Mainstreaming Tourism Development: Policy Coherence and Complementarity (2011)

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Tourism is a significant contributor to GDP, employment and to the international appreciation of a country and its culture – regardless of its level of development. This policy analysis seeks to assist the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in harnessing development opportunities by providing a comprehensive overview of existing international development instruments, i.e., Diagnostic Trade Integration Studies (DTISs) and their Action Matrices, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), and reviewing their alignment with the national tourism development strategies, investment policies and tourism related trade arrangements.

The authors encourage the use of findings from this analysis by all actors and stakeholders engaged with trade facilitation activities in LDCs. In reviewing these key development policy documents, this in-depth analysis seeks to better equip LDCs to manage international policy advice provided by a multitude of international development partners. The ultimate objective of this work is to support their achievement of greater social and economic benefits through growth trade in tourism services. It is also hoped that this analytical report will enhance the coherence and complimentarity of tourism development advice proposed by the international community via drawing attention to policy gaps and implementation vacuums existing within the tourism supply and value chain.

Author: Lichia Yiu & Raymond Saner with Mario Filadoro
ISBN: 978-2-8399-0927-7

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Annex 1: Tourism References in DTIS, Action Matrix, PRSP and IPR

Annex 2: GATS Sector Specific and Horizontal Commitments

Annex 3: UNCPC classified GATS Sector Commitments

Annex 4: Country Risk Briefing

Annex 5: Country HDI Ranking

Capstone Final Reports

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Enhancing Learning in Monitoring and Evaluation: Six Cases from Philanthropic Organizations Working in the Health Sector

This capstone contributes to the ongoing process of refining M+E in development assistance with a particular focus on M+E methods used by philanthropic organizations that fund health projects in low-income developing countries.

Health M E Report FINAL (2012-2013)

AN ANALYSIS OF PPP IN HEALTH FACILITIES: A WAY OF IMPROVING TRADE IN HEALTH SERVICE?

This Capstone reviews six countries’ experiences with PPPs in their health sector and identifies specific models that have been successful and which could be replicated elsewhere and describes the advantage and disadvantages of PPPs applied to the development of health facilities in Low Income Developing Countries.

(MPA Capstone Report, 2011-2012)

AN ANALYSIS OF THE POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO AND ITS IMPACT ON TOURISM-RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE

An Analysis of The Policy Framework for Investment in Infrastructure of The Kingdom of Lesotho and its Impact on Tourism-Related Infrastructure

(MPA Capstone Report, 2010-2011)

ASSESSING TRANSPORT & TRADE FACILITATION IN UGANDA, RWANDA AND TANZANIA

Trade & Development in Least Developed Countries: ASSESSING TRANSPORT & TRADE FACILITATION IN UGANDA, RWANDA AND TANZANIA

(MPA Capstone Report, 2009-2010)

Trade and Development in Low Income Countries

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The role trade can play in development is highly debated, especially with regards to low income countries, which are perceived as not having the economic foundations to trade in the first place. Misperceptions are common in a field where economists, lawyers, social scientists and diplomats have views and interests that can be diverging. This course will consider a number of topics associated with Trade and Development, with a particular focus on the multilateral system and the role of low income countries in this system. Part of the course will be considering economic issues and the other part will focus on institutional issues.

Among these topics, the student will gain in-depth knowledge about the WTO functioning and theoretical, historical background related to its emergence and current events. The course will also tackle important notions such as trade and growth nexus, trade policy, and preferential trade agreements. An emphasis will be placed on the design and consequences of trade liberalisation for developing countries.

Raymond Saner and Jean-Jacques HALLAERT

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Professor in Organisation and International Management (University of Basle)

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Professor in Organisation and International Management (University of Basle)

Raymond Saner is the co-founder of CSEND, a Geneva based NGRDO (non-governmental research and development organisation, and the director of CSEND’s Diplomacy Dialogue branch.

His research and consulting focuses on conflict studies and international negotiations at bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral levels in the field of trade (WTO), employment and poverty reduction (ILO, PRSP), and Human and Social Capital development in the educational sector (GATS/ES/WTO and OECD). A recent research project he did for the Swiss National Science Foundation focused on mediation as a means to solve environmental conflicts in the alpine region. His current research for the SNF is on inter-ministerial coordination for trade policy making in Macedonia and Kyrgyzstan.

He has pioneered the field of business diplomacy and contributes to the study of multi-stakeholder diplomacy within the field of diplomacy.

He is a reviewer of the Journal of Applied Behaviour (JABS) and the Journal of Managerial Psychology, and a member of the international advisory board of the Hague Journal of Diplomacy.

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Trade and Transport Facilitation: challenges and opportunities for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

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This concept note offers an analysis of opportunities and challenges in the field of Trade & Transport Facilitation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan building on a consulting assignment conducted by the authors in February 2013.

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