Recent Publications and Resources
Regional Approaches to Integrating Small Economies into the World Trade System
2002 Regional cooperation as a means for small developing countries to their meet international trade goals has not been effective. The most useful trade capacity-building occurs at the country level. Although donors encourage regional cooperation by providing substantial resources, results ...
Competitiveness Strategy for Sri Lanka’s ICT Industry
Sri Lanka has a promising opportunity to compete in information and communications technology (ICT). International companies are seeking high-quality, cost-effective providers of ICT products and services and increasingly choose offshore providers. Sri Lankan firms have made a good start as ...
The Second Coming of Agricultural Credit
2002 This short paper presents trends in the uses and perceived value of agricultural credit in developing economies and suggests some aspects worthy of further investigation ...
Overview of Developing Country Concerns
2001 Developing countries assert that developed countries have not fulfilled promises to provide them with the resources and technical assistance to help them create the domestic legal basis and policy structure for implementing commitments ...
Services and the Views of Developing Countries
2001 Developing countries seek liberalization in many different services sectors but construction, maritime, and tourism appear to have the most support ...
Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries
2001 Developing countries want future negotiations to ensure that the special and differential treatment provisions in WTO agreements are more specific and legally enforceable ...
