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Contributions to Official Reports or to Official Bodies WTO Public Forum 2006: What WTO for the XXIst Century? Gave presentation on Understanding WTO Accession: Lessons from an IDRC research project and drafted the report of the discussions on Improving the Accession Process in the 21st Century session organised by the International Development Research Centre. To be published in March/April 2007. OECD Policy Dialogue with Non-Members on Aid for Trade: From Policy to Practice. Prepared the Rapporteur's Report for this joint event organized by the OECD Development Co-operation, Development Centre, and Trade Directorates in partnership with the Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting. 6-7 November 2006. Doha, Qatar. Abstract. OECD Global Forum on Trade: A Trade Policy Dialogue on the Multiple Dimensions of Market Access and Development. Prepared the Rapporteur's Report for this conference organized by the OECD in partnership with the World Bank. 23-24 Oktober 2006. Mexico City. Abstract. Competition and Consumer Policies Branch UNCTAD. Instructional materials on Competition Law and Policy, the Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Allieviation in Economies in Transition. Speaking notes and paper accompanying presentation. 19 September 2006. The Effectiveness of Technical Assistance, Socio-Economic Development, and the Absorptive Capacity of Competition Authorities. Paper prepared for the Technical Assistance Subgroup, Competition Policy Implementation, International Competition Network. 10 April 2006. Abstract. The European Union-Latin American and Caribbean Relationship: Responses to Challenges Facing the Multilateral Trading System and Bi-Regional Relations. Prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank. 20 March 2006. COMPAL Global Annual Report 2005. Co-authored with Ana Maria Alvarez and Pierre Horna, UNCTAD. January 2006. Abstract. What is known about the Effects of WTO Accession on Developing Countries? A brief Overview of the Literature. Published in Accession to the WTO: Country Experiences and Technical Assistance by GTZ. Edited by Silke Trumm. Eschborn, August 2005. Summary of Participants’ Remarks and Recommendations. Published in Accession to the WTO: Country Experiences and Technical Assistance by GTZ. Edited by Silke Trumm. Eschborn, August 2005. A Preliminary Report and a Final Report (abstract) on the OECD Global Forum convened to discuss Special and Differential Treatment: Thinking Outside the Box. Bridgetown, Barbados. July 2005. Assessing Technical Assistance: Preliminary Results. International Competition Network, Competition Policy Implementation Working Group. Bonn, Germany, 6 June 2005. Contributed section titled The Design of Technical Assistance Programs. Abstract. WTO Accession: Lessons from Experience. Trade Note. The World Bank Group, International Trade Department. 6 June 2005. Abstract. Summary of Participants' Remarks and Recommendations at a World Bank-GTZ sponsored Conference titled "Accession to the WTO: Country Experiences and Technical Assistance." Finalised March 2005. Abstract. Centre on Regulation and Competition: Mid-Term Research-Related Peer Review. Review prepared for the UK Department for International Development. Submitted September 2004. A Report On The Third Annual Conference Of The International Competition Network. Co-authored with Michal Gal. Prepared for the The International Competition Network and posted on that body’s website. Abstract. Policy Recommendations Arising From A DTI-Sponsored Roundtable titled “International Competition Policy: Where to Next?” Prepared for the UK Department of Trade and Industry. Abstract. Strengthening institutional and capacity building in the area of Competition and Consumer Policy for Bolivia and Peru, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Contributed a section to this report (on the relationship between competition enforcement agencies and sectoral regulators) and reviewed it as the technical advisor to the project. March 2004. Abstract. The sequencing of regional trade initiatives in Europe and East Asia, with Anthony J. Venables and L. Alan Winters. Prepared for the Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate General, European Commission. 10 February 2004. Abstract. Strengthening institutional and capacity building in the area of Competition and Consumer Policy for the Central American countries: Cases of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Contributed sections to this report and reviewed it as the technical advisor to the project. December 2003. Abstract. World Trade Report 2003, published by the World Trade Organization. Contributed sections on international competition policy and public procurement. Links between development and competition law in developing countries. October 2003. Prepared for the United Kingdom Department of International Development (DFID). Abstract. Sustainability Impact Assessment of Proposed WTO Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Competition. Prepared for the University of Manchester’s Institute for Development Policy and Management, under contract from the European Commission. Co-authored with Julian L. Clarke and Kevin Gray. June 2003. Abstract. Study of issues relating to a multilateral framework on competition policy. Prepared for the World Trade Organization’s secretariat. Report submitted to the Working Group on the Interaction Between Trade and Competition Policy in May 2003 as document WT/WGTCP/W/228. Abstract. Can Developing Countries Benefit from Negotiations on Transparency in Government Procurement in the Doha Round? Prepared for Task Force 9 (Open, Rule-Based Trading System) of the United Nations Millennium Project. April 2003. Abstract. Can Developing Economies Benefit from WTO negotiations on Binding Disciplines for Hard Core Cartels? Prepared for UNCTAD. February 2003. Abstract. Global Economic Prospects 2003. Contributed a background paper, co-authored with Benno Ferrarini. Report published January 2003. Global Development Finance 2002. Contributed a background paper entitled The Changing Composition of FDI to the Poorest Nations and the Need for a Competition Culture supported by Regulatory Institutions and Openness. Report published March 2002. Abstract. The World Development Report 1999/2000, Entering the 21st Century: The Changing Development Landscape. Principal author of the chapters titled “The World Trading System: The Road Ahead” (abstract) and “Developing Nations and the Global Financial System” (abstract). The Empirics of Private Restraints and International Trade: What Can Policymakers Learn from the Economic Literature? Co-authored with Valerie Suslow for the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee, United States Department of Justice. Abstract. Contributions to Non-Official Reports Strengthening the Global Trade Architecture for Economic Development: An Agenda for Action. (in French, in Spanish) Member of a committee chaired by Ernesto Zedillo (the so-called "Zedillo Report.") July 2005. Consumers and Multilateral Competition Agreements. Report for Consumers International. Author of sections on “Hard Core Cartels: scopes and issues in current proposals,” “Multilateral rules and development strategies,” and “Capacity building.” Co-authors on this report were Peter Holmes, Philip Marsden, James Mathis, Philippe Ruttley, and Taimoon Stewart. March 2003.
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