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Global Forum on Trade Statistics
organized jointly by UNSD and Eurostat in collaboration with WTO and UNCTAD

2-4 February 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

Wednesday 2 Feb 2011, Morning Session, 9:30 - 12:30

Relevant background documents

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 World Economic and Social Survey 2010 (UN-DESA)
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 Trade and Development Report 2010 (UNCTAD - 2010)
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 World Investment Report 2010 (UNCTAD - 2010)
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 International Supply Chains and Trade Elasticity in Times of Global Crisis – Hubert Escaith, Nannette Lindenberg and Sebastien Miroudot (WTO - Feb 2010)
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 Facts and Fictions in International Trade Economics – Speech by Pascal Lamy (WTO - Apr 2010)
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 Canada - State of Trade 2010 (2010)
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 Italy - Italy in the World Economy (2010)
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 The Global Apparel Value Chain, Trade and the Crisis – Challenges and opportunities for developing countries – Gary Gereffi and Stacey Fredericks (World Bank papers - Apr 2010)
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 Prospects for Canada in the NAFTA Automotive Industry: A Global Value Chain Analysis - Timothy Sturgeon, Johan van Biesebroeck and Gary Gereffi (Paper prepared for Industry Canada - Mar 2007)
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 The Governance of Global Value Chains – Gary Gereffi, John Humphrey and Timothy Sturgeon (Review of International Political Economy, February 2005)
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 The Offshore Services Value Chain, Developing Countries and the Crisis – Gary Gereffi and Karina Fernandez-Stark (World bank Papers - Apr 2010)
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 The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Development – Gary Gereffi (ILO Social Policy Lectures - Dec 2005)