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Trade Liberalisation and Economic Performance: Latin America versus East Asia 1970-2006

08-Feb-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 70. This paper, with five other studies, is a follows up to the 2005 publication on Trade and Structural Adjustment, and compares the trade liberalisation experiences and outcomes in East Asia and Latin America.

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Countries

06-Feb-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No.69. This paper, with five other studies, follows up the 2005 publication on Trade and Structural Adjustment and revisits the policy recommendations for successful trade-related adjustment to reassess their applicability to developing countries.

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Countries – Country Case Study on Ecuador

31-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 67. This case study on trade and structural adjustment in Ecuador forms a part of a project studying experiences in non-Member economies and provides lessons learned on how economies can successfully adjust to trade reform.

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Countries – Country Case Study on Thailand

30-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 63. Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Countries – Country Case Study on Thailand

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Economies – Country Case Study on the Philippines

15-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 59. This case study on trade and structural adjustment in the Philippines forms a part of a project studying experiences in non-Member economies and provides lessons learned on how economies can successfully adjust to trade reform.

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Economies – Country Case Study on Chile

14-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 56. This case study on trade and structural adjustment in Chile, forms a part of a project studying experiences in non-Member economies and provides lessons learned on how economies can successfully adjust to trade reform.

Export processing zones: Past and future role in trade and development

04-Jun-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 53.  This paper on Export processing zones provides an overview on the current trends surrounding EPZs, a review of the economic costs and benefits of EPZs and an analysis from the rules perspective that focuses on the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.


Events

Aid for Trade: From Policy to Practice, Doha

from 06-Nov-2006 to 07-Nov-2006

The aim of this Policy Dialogue between OECD and non-OECD countries on Aid for Trade is to bring together a wide range of stakeholders from developing and developed countries to share experiences and information on how best to support developing countries' trade expansion and make it an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction.

Trade policy dialogue on the multiple dimensions of market access and development, Mexico

from 23-Oct-2006 to 24-Oct-2006

The OECD Trade Directorate has organised a Global Forum on Trade in partnership with the World Bank, and with the support of the Government of Mexico. This Forum considered market access across various development dimensions including global (MFN) liberalisation, North-South trade and South-South trade, trade in services, and regional trade liberalisation (as a complement to multilateral liberalisation). Click here for the full report of the Forum.

OECD Global Forum on Trade: Trade and Structural Adjustment, 3-4 November 2004, Bangkok, In Co-operation with United Nations ESCAP

from 03-Nov-2004 to 04-Nov-2004

Trade policy makers, industry representatives, academics and other experts from OECD and non-OECD countries gathered to discuss the challenge of trade-related structural adjustment. It was an opportunity for an exchange of views and sharing of experiences on adjustment policies from the perspective of a range of stakeholders.  The event was organised in co-operation with United Nations ESCAP and with the support of the Government of Thailand and the World Bank.  For more information read the rapporteur's report .  For more information ech.contact@oecd.org.



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