RIS Work Programme on
Doha Agenda
WTO Public Forum 2007
Global Trade Governance and the Role of the South: Theory and Practice in Enhancing the Development-Friendliness of the Doha Round

RIS and South Centre at WTO Public Forum 2007
- 5 October 2007
 
Agenda for Hong Kong Ministerial Conference
Regional Conference on Agenda of WTO Hong Kong Ministerial: Challenges for South Asia
Seminar on WTO Netotiations Towards Hong Kong Ministerial
Discussion Meeting on WTO July Framework
International Seminar on WTO and Implications for South Asia
Workshop on WTO, Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights
Earlier Seminars and Conferences on WTO
National Symposium on Trade and Globalization: The Agenda Towards Cancun
National Workshop on Strategic Approach to Strengthening International Competitiveness in Knowledge-based Industries
SAARC Network Seminar on World Trading System and South Asia: Post-Doha Challenges, 23 July, 2002
International Workshop on Environmental Requirements and Markets Access: Addressing Developing-Country Concerns (RIS--OECD, MOC, UNCTAD),  27 Nov., 2002
Regional Conference on Globalization and Agriculture: Challenges for South Asia (RIS--IPS, IFPRI), 4-5 Dec, 2002
Workshop on International International Food Safety Regulations and Processed Food Exports (RIS--ACIAR,Australian National University, University of Melbourne, Thammasat University, Thailand, IFPRI), 26 March, 2003
Seminar on Cancun and Beyond, 22 May, 2003
Seminar on WTO: Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights, 30  May, 2003
RIS at Hong Kong
Symposium on "Development" in Doha Round on December 12, 2005 at Room No. 407, NGO Centre, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
14 December 2005, Workshop on "From Traceability to Biotechnology: Trade and Food Safety Standards" Hong Kong Trade and Development Symposium
16 December 2005 "Policy Space: What is it and How to Use it" Hong Kong Trade and Development Symposium
RIS at Cancun
Workshop on Biotechnology, Trade and Biosecurity: Case Examples", September 5, 2003
RIS organized a special session on "International Trade and Biotechnology goods: Issues and options", September 6, 2003
High Level Round Table on Trade & Environment, 9 September 2003
9 September 2003, Seminar Presentation on "World Trade and Development Report – 2003"
11 September 2003, Panel Discussion on "TRIPs and Development: Priorities  for Developing Countries"
11 September 2003, Workshop on "Standard and Market Access", at Cancun Trade and Development Symposium (CTDS)
12 September 2003, Workshop on "Developing Countries and FDI:Focusing on Quality, Not Quantity", at Cancun Trade and Development Symposium (CTDS)
   

Studies

Possible Multilateral Framework on Investment and Developing Countries: A Research and Advisory Project by Nagesh Kumar
Market Access for Non-Agricultural Products in Doha Development Round Negotiations: A Research Advisory Project by Rajesh Mehta and Pooja Agarwal
Foreign Direct Investment, WTO and the Host Country Human Development by Nagesh Kumar
Agriculture Market Access after Cancun by Rajesh Mehta and J. George
Environmental Standards Trade Agreements: Challenges for Developing Countries by Sachin Chaturvedi et.al.
World Trading System and Development: Issues for the Reform of World Trading System and WTDR05 
WTO Non-Agriculture Market Access Modalities: Identification of Possible Items Sensitive to Indian Imports at 6-Digit and 8-Digit HS Level.
WTO Agreements and Agricultural Sector: Implications and Options for India by Biswajit Dhar and Sachin Chaturvedi, 1999.
The WTO Regime and Its Implications for Indian Automobile Industry Jointly with Association of Indian Automobile Manufactures, 1999
Reports
World Trade and Development Report 2003
Indian Industrial Tariffs: Towards WTO Development Round Negotiations by Rajesh Mehta
Book
Protecting Foreign Investment: Implications of a WTO Regime & Policy Options  by Carlos M. Correa and Nagesh Kumar, Zed Press and RIS, 2003
RIS Policy Briefs
#19 Doha Round's Development Impacts: Shrinking Gains and Real Costs
#13 UNCTAD XI and the Development Dialogue for the 21st Century
#07 Cancun Agenda: Geographical Indications and developing Countries
#06 Cancun Agenda: TRIPs and Development
#05 Cancun Agenda: Environmental Requirements and Developing Countries Exports
#04 Cancun Agenda: Trade and Investment: The Way Forward for Developing Countries
RIS Discussion Papers
#103
#98 The WTO Negotiations on Industrial Tariffs: What is at Stake for Developing Countries?
by Yilmaz Akyüz
#74 WTO Market Access Negotiations and Indian Small Scale Industry
by Rajesh Mehta and Pooja Agarwal
#67 Environment Issues in Free Trade Agreements in Asia and the Post-Cancun Challenges: Issues and Policy Options  
by Sachin Chaturvedi, 2004
#60 "Ecosystemic Multifunctionality" -- A Proposal for Special and Differentiated Treatment for Developing Country Agriculture in the Doha Round of Negotiations by A. Damodaran, 2003
#59 WTO NON- AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS MODALITIES A CASE STUDY OF IMPACT ON A DEVELOPING COUNTRY by Rajesh Mehta and Pooja Agarwal
#58 IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES IN SPS: A Developing Country Perspective for Development Agenda on the Meandering Pathways from Doha to Cancun by Rajesh Mehta and J. George
#57 WTO Negotiations Towards Cancun: Implication on Indian paper and newsprint Industry by Rajesh Mehta and Pooja Agarwal, 2003
#56 Investment on the WTO Agenda: A Developing Country Perspective and the Way Forward for the Cancun Ministerial Conference by Nagesh Kumar, 2003.
#52 Performance Requirements as Tools of Development Policy: Lessons from Experiences of Developed and Developing Countries for the WTO Agenda on Trade and Investment by Nagesh Kumar,  2003.
#39 Addressing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement: A Case Study of Select Processed Food Products in India by Rajesh Mehta, M. Saqib and J. George,2003.
#38 Analysis of Environment related Non-Tariff Measures in the European Union Implications for South Asian Exports by S.K. Mohanty and T.R. Manoharan,2002.
#36 WTO and Product related Environmental Standards: Emerging Issues and Policy Options before India by Sachin Chaturvedi and Gunjan Nagpal
#31 WTO and Indian Poultry Sector: Lessons from State Support Measures in Select Countries by Rajesh Mehta
#09 Market Access for Industrial Sector in WTO Negotiations An Agenda for Developing Countries by Rajesh Mehta
#02 WTO Regime, Host Country Policies and Global Patterns of Multinational Enterprises’ Activity: Implications of Recent Quantitative Studies for India by Nagesh Kumar

Papers in Journals/ Chapters in Edited Books
Kumar, Nagesh. 2004. Post Cancun Challenges for the World Trading System. India-Austria Partners in Progress. L.B. Associates (Pvt) Ltd in association with the Embassy of India, Austria.
Mehta, Rajesh. 2004. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Outstanding Implementation Concerns. Focus WTO special focus on "Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, May-June Issue.
George, J. 2004. WTO and Food Processing Industries in India: Impact and Challenges. AAFFexions, Special Annual Number 2003, Afro-Asian Federation of Food Science & Technology Institutions, CFTRI, Mysore.
George, J. 2003. South Asian Agriculture Despite Cancun Setback: balancing Livelihood Options with Three Pillars of AoA". Regional Conference cum Training Background Papers on "Post Cancun Agenda for South Asia.
George, J. 2003. Culture of Agriculture in WTO Negotiations. Trade and Development Monitor: Cancun Special. South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), Kathmandu, September.
Chaturvedi, Sachin. 2003. Agricultural Biotechnology and Emerging Trade Regime at WTO: Some Issues of Concern. In Trade and Biodiversity  (ed.)  IUCN Regional Biodiversity Programme, Colombo, October.
Dhar, Biswajit and Sachin Chaturvedi. 1999. “IPR Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and WTO-TRIPs: An Indian Perspective”. Paper prepared for WWF-India.
Kumar, Nagesh. 2003. Trade and Investment in WTO. In Doha Development Agenda - A Global View by T.K. Bhaumik (ed.) New Delhi.
Kumar, Nagesh. 2003. "Invesment on WTO Agenda: A Developing Country Perspective and Way Forward for Cancun Ministerial Conference". In From Doha to Cancun  by Ivan Mbirimi, Bridget Chilala and Roman Grynberg (eds.) London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
Kumar, Nagesh. 2003. "Invesment on WTO Agenda: A Developing Country Perspective and Way Forward for Cancun Ministerial Conference", Economic and Political Weekly, 38(30), 1 August 2003: 3177-3188
Mehta, Rajesh. 2003. "The WTO and the Indian Poultry Industry". Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, ANU, Asia Pacific Press, July.
Chaturvedi, Sachin and Nagpal, Gunjan. January 4, 2003. "WTO and Product-Related Environmental Standards: Emerging Issues and Policy Options", Economic and Political Weekly, January 4, 2003.
Kumar, Nagesh. 2001. “Host Country Policies, WTO regime and the Global Patterns of FDI Inflows: Recent Quantitative Studies and India’s Strategic Response”, Economic and Political Weekly, 36(1), 6 January 2001: 39-50.
Dhar, Biswajit. 2000. “Non Trade Concerns in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.” Consumer Unity and Trust Society. January.
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