AID FOR TRADE: AID FOR TRADE AND SERVICES — 11 JULY 2012
Workshop on Aid for Trade and Services
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Services matter for development for a variety of reasons, including as an avenue for export diversification, as an input into the production of goods and services and because of the service sector’s contribution to employment and poverty alleviation. Advances in information and communications technology, combined with rapid growth in technology and the global expansion of the internet are transforming the trade ability of services. Services can be an input for trade in goods (and other services), but also a “final export” for direct consumption.
Background Note by the Secretariat: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/34.
Agenda
3 p.m. — 3.05 p.m. | |||
Chair introduction |
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SESSION 1: |
AID FOR TRADE AND SERVICES — SUPPORTING THE ROLE OF SERVICES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
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3.05 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. | |||
World Trade Organization: | Role of Services in Trade and Development | ||
Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade and Services Division, WTO Secretariat
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World Bank: | Role of Services in Economic Development | ||
Nora Carina Dihel, Senior Trade Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, African Region, World Bank
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United States: | Supporting the emergence of the Service Sectors in Developing Countries — US perspective and experience | ||
Kenneth Schagrin, Attaché, Permanent Mission of the United Sates to the World Trade Organization
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Discussion |
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Audio: Listen to Session 1 > help |
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SESSION 2: |
AID FOR TRADE AND SERVICES — UNLOCKING THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THE TOURISM SECTOR | ||
4.30 p.m. – 6 p.m. |
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Moderator: | Dale Honeck, Counsellor, Trade and Services Division, WTO Secretariat | ||
Presentation: |
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ITC: |
Tourism, economic development and Aid for Trade | ||
Mr Robert Skidmore, Chief, Sector Competitiveness, International Trade Centre
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Discussants: |
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Comoros | Mr. Abdoul El Karim MOHAMED, Economic Affairs Officer, Department of Economic, Ministry of Finance, Budget, Economy, Trade and Investment, Comoros |
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UNDP | Ms. Luisa E. Bernal, Policy Specialist, Trade and Human Development, United Nations Development Programme, Geneva Office |
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St Vincent and The Grenadines | Ms Ayana John-Patrick, Project Manager, EPA, Department of Foreign Trade and Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Consumer Affairs |
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Discussion |
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5.50 p.m. |
Chair Closing remarks | ||