TRADE POLICY RESEARCH FORUM 2012:
About trapcaThe Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (trapca) was established in 2006 as a joint initiative of the Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI) and Lund University of Sweden, with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The Centre is hosted at the ESAMI headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.The mandate of trapca is to build and enhance capacity in trade policy matters in least-developed and other developing...
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trapca 2012 Programmes
Center of excellence in Trade Policy Capacity Building for LDCs and low countries in Sub-Sahara Africa(SSA)
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3rd trapca GRADUATION ANNIVERSARY
3rd trapca GRADUATION ANNIVERSARY The third trapca graduation will take place in Tanzania, Arusha at the ESAMI campus on 26 November 2011. Information about graduation is being sent to graduating students. This graduation coincides with the fifth anniversary of trapca, which will be celebrated on 25 November 2011. For more information on the graduation and anniversary, please contact us on This e-mail address is being protected...
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About Us
The Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (TRAPCA) was established in 2006 as a joint initiative of the Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI) and Lund University of Sweden, with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The Centre is hosted at the ESAMI headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.The mandate of TRAPCA is to build and enhance capacity in trade policy matters in least-developed and other developing countries...
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7TH ANNUAL TRADE CONFERENCE 22- 23 NOVEMBER 2012 ARUSHA, TANZANIA
Theme: "Theme“Promoting services trade in developing countries: Chasing a black cat in a dark room?”
Call for Papers
1. Introduction and Context
Arguments in favour of liberalized services markets abound. This applies in particular to key service areas such as telecommunications, financial services and transportation, which are increasingly gaining significance in the national GDP growth, especially in developing countries. At the same time, difficulties in opening services markets to foreign competition are becoming evident especially within the developing countries. It has been argued that doing so involves a broad and complex set of policies, regulatory instruments, institutions and constituencies of a local or foreign nature, both public and private
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