Identifying Indicators for Monitoring Aid for Trade — Presentations 15-16 September 2008 — WTO, Geneva

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Opening Session

Session 1 — Monitoring AfT Flows

Mr. Frans Lammersen, Principal Administrator, OECD
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Ms. Bhavani Pathak, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID
Mr. Eloi Laourou, Minister Plenipotentiary for Foreign Affairs, Benin
Mr. John Clarke, Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative to the WTO, Permanent Mission of the European Commission, Geneva
Mr. Richard Newfarmer, Special Representative to the UN and WTO, World Bank Office, Geneva
Ms. Carolyn Robert, Senior Trade Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

Session 2 — Indicators — Competitiveness, capacity and performance

Mr. Richard Newfarmer, Special Representative to the UN and WTO, World Bank Office, Geneva
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Mrs. Patricia Frutos Ruiz, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Paraguay, Geneva
Ms. Tonia Kandiero, Senior Economist, ECON, African Development Bank
Mr. Friedrich von Kirchbach, Director of the Division of Market Development, International Trade Centre
Mr. Vishnu Bassant, Director, Development Cooperation, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Mauritius
Mr. Junior Lodge, Senior Coordinator, WTO Negotiations, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), Geneva

Session 3 — Monitoring at the Country and Subregional Level

Mr. Mark Pearson, Programme Director, Regional Trade Facilitation Programme and Secretariat of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Task Force
Mr. Toshiro IIJIMA, Director, International Trade Division, Foreign Ministry, Japan
Mr. Calvin Djiofack, Consultant, ILEAP
Mrs. Patricia Francis, Executive Director, ITC
Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento, Deputy Representative to the UN and Other International Organizations, UNIDO Office, Geneva
Mr. David Luke, Senior Trade Adviser and Coordinator, UNDP Office, Geneva

Summary Session