This paper has been conceived as an exploratory scoping exercise intended to identify and better understand trade-related issues and knowledge gaps, including how various types of trade measures and p... Section: Policies
by International Centre for Development (ICTSD) | On 22 Dec 2017 This paper explores the policy measures that will best lead to the most positive outcomes as standards diffuse through global value chains. Section: Policies
by Raphael Kaplinsky | On 13 Dec 2017 This paper seeks to support the on-going negotiations by identifying common ground and differences with respect to notifications and transparency, analysing the feasibility of various ideas, and discu... Section: Policies
by Arthur Appleton | On 11 Dec 2017 This paper discusses the practice of energy dual pricing in the broader context of fossil fuel subsidy reform. Section: Policies
by Anna Marhold | On 10 Dec 2017 The purpose of this paper is to propose specific ways in which developing countries can best fuel trade in the digital era. Section: Policies
by Kati Suominen | On 28 Nov 2017 The case studies undertaken mainly from India revealed that a large number of local and village communities and also from backward communities are involved in the production of the GIs products. Section: Policies
by N. Gopalakrishnan | On 01 Aug 2017 The paper advocates carefully tailoring EGS liberalisation so that it can deliver meaningful trade and development benefits while responding to environmental priorities in Asian developing countries. Section: Policies
by Vicente Yu III | On 01 Apr 2017 Investment incentives rank among the most important policy instruments governments employ to influence the locational decisions of multinational firms. In the wake of the recent increase in locational... Section: Policies
by International Centre for Sustainable Trade and Development | On 29 Jan 2016 This paper addresses the effects of changes in the level and composition of global demand, and especially of global rebalancing, on trade flows and employment from a demand perspective. It emphasizes... Section: Policies
by International Centre for Sustainable Trade and Development | On 01 Jan 2016 Any donor has a model for allocating assistance to developing countries. The model is implicit, most often so for bilateral donors, or explicit, most often so for international institutions. Why this... Section: Policies
by Patrick Guillaumont | On 01 Sep 2015 India’s engagement with Africa through trade, investment, aid and technological collaboration can support growth and structural transformation in African economies. This paper, which is part of a majo... Section: Policies
by Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute | On 29 Oct 2014 Trade ministers in Bali agreed an interim solution to the problem of food security and WTO domestic support disciplines, but also committed to begin discussions on a "permanent solution" once the mini... Section: Policies
by Alan Matthews | On 01 Jun 2014 Climate change is the most pressing challenge of our time. Addressing it requires an unprecedented mobilisation of human and financial resources to alter our patterns of production, consumption and en... Section: Policies
by International Centre and Sustainable Development | On 01 Jan 2014 During the last six decades or so Indian agriculture has made remarkable progress with food grain production growing five fold from about 50 MMT in 1950 to more than 250 MMT in 2012. Despite the incre... Section: Policies
by Anwarul Hoda | On 01 Sep 2013 This paper focuses on the Indian pre-crisis strategy of liberalization and integration into the world economy and its impact on labour market trends. It then examines the specific ways in which the cr... Section: Policies
by International Centre for Sustainable Trade and Development | On 17 Dec 2010 The overall goal of this paper is to review and document the likely impacts of climate change on China’s agricultural production, efforts that China might be able to make in reducing greenhouses gas e... Section: Policies
by Jinxia Wang | On 31 May 2010 Liberalization of environmental goods that are climate-friendly could aid climate mitigation efforts by lowering costs of these goods by reducing or eliminating higher tariffs and non-tariff barriers... Section: Policies
by International Centre and Sustainable Development | On 14 Oct 2009 This study seeks to examine how locking-in of our unilateral liberalisation at the WTO and further
liberalisation of services trade would affect Pakistan’s competitiveness. Section: Policies
by Abid Burki | On 01 Dec 2007 This publication aims to provide a wide range of perspectives from various stakeholders on how trade policies and processes could contribute to advancing the objectives of sustainable land management... Section: Policies
by International Centre and Sustainable Development | On 01 Aug 2007 The main objective of this paper is to outline components and elements of sui generis Plant Variety Protection (PVP) systems and measures to protect traditional knowledge (TK) based on recent experien... Section: Policies
by Daniel Robinson | On 01 Mar 2007 This paper aims to provide a framework for those making and influencing policies to better understand and analyse how key trade policy issues and tools in fisheries relate to and impact on their susta... Section: Policies
by International Centre and Sustainable Development | On 01 Oct 2006 This paper provides an overview of the state of the environmental services sector in Asia, by focusing on the most significant segments of infrastructural services namely, water, sanitation and munici... Section: Policies
by Aparna Sawhney | On 03 Mar 2006 This paper looks at the case where India contested the tariff concessions granted by the members of the European Communities (EC) to twelve developing countries under its Generalised System of Prefere... Section: Policies
by M. Taslim | On 26 Jan 2006 This article summarises a case study conducted by the author based on a long period of research on the behaviour of firms in technology transfer and local capacity building in that country. Section: Policies
by Linsu Kim | On 01 Jun 2003 |