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Expert Meeting on New and Dynamic Sectors Morning session: Environmental Goods: Renewable Energy Technologies and Equipment
Geneva, Switzerland. 8 Feb 2005
One of the main themes of the eleventh session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was "Assuring development gains from international trade and trade negotiations". An important way to realize such gains, and thereby to use trade as a genuine engine of growth and development, is to promote increased and beneficial participation of developing countries in dynamic and new sectors of world trade. A number of developing countries have succeeded in entering these sectors in recent years, and a few have even been able to deepen their participation. Their experience indicates that these sectors can provide opportunities for developing countries, including least developed countries and other commodity-dependent economies, to accelerate growth, increase domestic value added of exports, increase productivity and competitiveness, and enhance employment and quality of jobs, thereby contributing to the achievement of the objectives and goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
The meeting will facilitate discussions on sectors such as outsourcing of IT-enabled services, textiles and clothing, and renewable energy products, including bio-fuel. It also aims to guide the experts in addressing a number of key questions, such as: What kind of opportunities do the dynamic and new sectors offer to developing countries in ensuring development gains from international trade? What are the key determinants of their participation in these sectors? What are the national and international policy imperatives to promote their increased and beneficial participation in these sectors? How should such policies respond in respect of issues such as supply capacity, productivity, technological endowment and competitiveness; domestic and foreign investment; market access and entry; changing demand and preferences; and regional division of labour? What role do international trading and financial systems, including trade negotiations, as well as global market structures and development cooperation have in ensuring the success of such policies?
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| Draft study. Trade Law and Renewable Energy: The Case of Non-Tariff Measures. | Robert Howse, University of Michigan Law School | |
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| Trends for Renewables and Implications for Trade Rick Sellers, | Renewable Energy Unit, International Energy Agency | |
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| Dynamique et Contraintes au Développement des Energies Renouvelables | Mohamed Berdai, CDER | |
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| Renewable Energy | Chintan Shah, SUZLON | |
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| The Renewable Energy & International Law Project | |
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| Alexey Vikhlyaev | Economic Affairs Officer | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5618 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 | |
| Sheila Addy | Secretary | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5831 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 | |
| Rafe Dent | Webmaster | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5791 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 | |