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Addressing New Service Sectors in WTO/FTAs : Express Delivery and India

Mukherjee, Arpita; Pal, Parthapratim; Goswami, Ramneet - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

The service sector is evolving. New services and new modes of delivering existing services have increased the complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and in FTAs. The WTO negotiations focus on market access but FTAs tend to go beyond market access to seeking regulatory commitments from...

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Regional Connectivity for Trading in Transport Services

Rahmatullah, Dr. M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012

Transport cost, a significant determinant of competitiveness. Due lack of regional connectivity in South Asia and poor trade facilitation at border crossing, logistic costs are 13-14% of the value compared to 8% in USA. Transport connectivities between South Asian countries continue to remain...

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Regional Connectivity for Trading in Transport Services

Rahmatullah, Dr. M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012

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Regional Connectivity for Trading in Transport Services

Rahmatullah, Dr. M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012

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Gridlock - Regulatory Regimes in the Thai Passenger Transport Sector

Nitsmer, Pich - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

The Thai passenger transport sector remains dominated by ailing state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Virtually untouched by post-1997 crisis liberalization and privatization schemes that would have revitalized these zombies1, the managerial and regulatory architecture of transport SOEs continue to be...

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Gridlock - Regulatory Regimes in the Thai Passenger Transport Sector

Nitsmer, Pich - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

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Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process to Prioritize Urban Transport Options - Comparative Analysis of Group Aggregation Methods

Yedla, Sudhakar; Shrestha, Ram M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

The present study presents a comparative analysis of different group aggregation methods adopted in AHP by testing them against social choice axioms with a case study of Delhi transport system. The group aggregation (GA) methods and their correctness were tested while prioritizing the...

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A conceptual framework for development of sustainable development indicators

Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle; Reddy, B. Sudhakara - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

There was a boom in the development of sustainable development indicators (SDIs) after notion of sustainability became popular through Bruntland Commissions report. Since then numerous efforts have been made worldwide in constructing SDIs at global, national and local scales, but in India not a...

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CSR, Contracting and Socially Responsible Investment : Opportunities for Pakistani Firms

Janda, Richard; Wilson, Joseph - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

vast majority of which have made significant CSR undertakings, means that Pakistani firms seeking to do business with them … will often have to meet CSR tests themselves. Second, the increasing financial clout of so-called Socially Responsible … Investement (SRI) funds means that Pakistani firms have an incentive to comply with CSR standards so as to become eligible …

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Special Study on Sustainable Fisheries Management and International Trade in the Southeast Asia and Pacific Region

Komatsu, Masayuki - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013

This paper analyzes the current status of fisheries and aquaculture in Southeast Asia and international trade. Analysis concludes that a policy of sustainable management for both capture fisheries and aquaculture is of greatest importance, but such a policy has been neither planned nor...

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