Survey of the needs for technical assistance and the ability to provide such: a discussion of the survey findings and of the principles and mechanism of technical co-operation among developing countries

Includes bibliography

The need for technical assistance in statistics in the Caribbean, with particular reference to the smaller territories

Includes bibliography

Caribbean Documentation Centre: proposal for technical assistance

Incluye como anexos, los documentos E/CEPAL/CDCC/16/Rev.1; E/CEPAL/CDCC/19/Add.3; CARIB/INT/77/2

The Role of Technical Assistance in World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Negotiations

This issue of the Bulletin presents a brief review of trade facilitation negotiations from the specific viewpoint of technical assistance, capacity-building and special and differential treatment (SDT). Trade facilitation negotiations have focused on clarifying three articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT): article V (freedom of transit); article VIII (fees and formalities connected with importation and exportation); and article X (publication and administration of trade regulations). Although the stage of text-based negotiations has not yet been reached, the process of receiving and analysing proposals has made it possible to identify the aspects most urgently in need of correcting by means of trade facilitation measures. Consideration has been given to several formulas for the implementation of those measures and to how the associated technical assistance should be organized.