Summary Report of Book Vernissage “Inter-Ministerial Coordination and Stakeholder Consultation of Trade Policy Making” – 19th July, 2010 in Room C, WTO
CSEND-CUTS Book Vernissage 2010
CSEND-CUTS Book Vernissage 19th July 2010, WTO, Geneva “Inter-ministerial Coordination and Stakeholder Consultation of Trade Policy Making
CSEND & CUTS Panel on Trade & Governance: Official WTO NGO Centre, 30th November 2009
This joint panel between CSEND and CUTS offers key insights into how countries can improve their trade policy governance. Both are research and development NGOs and have conducted research, capacity building and networking projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The two organisations will present findings of their recent research on trade policy making processes and role of relevant stakeholders. They will also offer solution sets to participants interested in how trade policy governance can be organised in a more efficient, inclusive and effective manner.
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Government Governance (GG) and Inter-Ministerial Policy Coordination (IMPC) in Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
This paper focuses on the function of Inter-ministerial Policy Coordination (IMPC) and its critical role in governance. Following a definitional section, the authors give an overview of public sector governance in Eastern & Central Europe and Central Asia and then discuss the application of governance principles to Inter-ministerial Policy Coordination in these regions. They conclude with specific examples from the Republic of Macedonia and Central_Asia.
Financing development, IMF & WB
This policy brief argues that, all too often, the Fund’s use of “conditionalities” for lending has stepped beyond its core legal mandate, particularly causing harm to the least developed countries’ economic development, for example by dictating their trade policies.
Trade Investment and Climate Change (TRI-CC)
Inputs made by Prof. Raymond Saner at the Trade Investment and Climate Change (TRI-CC): Searching for Progress in Key Areas on 13 October, 2011, Geneva, WHO Headquarters. This one-day event covered new research and thinking on green industrial policy, competitiveness and leakage, and the potential role of the trade community.
Prof. Saner highlighted the “regime failure” in the context of global trade and climate change challenges and called for urgent actions. He went on to proposes a new set of green WTO agreements that would encompass TRIMS, TRIPS and a trilateral plurilateral on energy, environment and trade & development. Details of this frame breaking policy proposal can be heard at here
The 2010 World Investment Report
The 2010 World Investment Report ” focuses focuses on trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide, at the regional and country levels and emerging measures to improve its contribution to development. The year’s report, titled “Investing in a Low-Carbon Economy”, discusses the opportunities and threats for developing countries in the transition to a low-carbon economy, and considers how foreign investment and transnational corporations can be leveraged in supporting this process.
FDI, Energy and Low Carbon investment
Revisiting Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in light of promises made in the context the Doha Trade Negotiation Round
Raymond Saner & Laura Paéz, CSEND policy paper, June 2005.
In 2002, nearly 30 WTO members pledged more than 30 Million Swiss Francs to ensure the achievement of the Doha Development Round (DDR). The pledged amount is meant to finance 514 capacity building actives listed in the WTO Annual Technical Assistance Plan (TAP). In addition, support is to be extended to 49 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) though the Integrated Framework (IF), to help them integrate trade policy into their development strategies. Concerns have arisen as to the scope, effectiveness and efficiency of the TAP and IF. While the activities planned are laudable, the authors question whether they can be achieved and suggest a fundamental reassessment of TAP and IF in order to fulfill the objectives of the DDR.
High Risk of Failure
Technical Assistance to Least-Developed Countries in the Context of the Doha Development Round: High Risk of Failure