A CPD high-level team participated at the Regional Consultation on “Road to Bali: South Asian Priorities for the Ninth WTO Ministerial,” on 2-3 July 2013, in Marawila, Sri Lanka.
Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Executive Director, CPD made a presentation titled “WTO-NAMA Negotiations: An Assessment of the State of Play” on the topic Non-agriculture Market Access (NAMA) at the programme.
Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, CPD and Dr Fahmida Khatun, Research Director, CPD also attended the programme, organised by South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) and Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS), in collaboration with Oxfam Novib, UNESCAP and Commonwealth Secretariat.
Details of the event can be found here: SAWTEE and IPS