2012 Global Forum on Trade - Background Documents

 

This section will be updated as we receive background documents for the sessions.


Session I. Services trade and services in global value chains

Trade in Tasks, Rainer Lanz, Sébastien Miroudot and Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås

 

Session II. Best practice regulation in services

Improving Reliability on Surface Transport Networks, International Transport Forum

Measurement of National-Level Logistics Costs and Performance, International Transport Forum

Statistics Brief on Global Trade and Transport, International Transport Forum

Policy Brief on Making Reliability Part of Transport Policy, International Transport Forum

 

Session III. More competitive services markets: what can we do?

What an International Services Agreement Would Mean for Globally Engaged Companies, Jonathan S. Kallmer

How Companies Can Use International Investment Agreements to Open Markets and Protect Their Investments, Jonathan S. Kallmer

The economic impact of the Services Directive: A first assessment following implementation, Josefa Monteagudo, Aleksander Rutkowski and Dimitri Lorenzani