CPD senior researchers participated at “Regional Cooperation on Trade, Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia: Some Reflections and Way Forward.” The event was organised by South Asia Watch on Trade Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) in collaboration with Oxfam and Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) during 13-14 March 2014, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
At the conference, Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, CPD chaired the session titled “The 9th WTO Ministerial declaration on Food Security: Need for more Regional Cooperation in South Asia?”
Professor Mustafizur Rahman, CPD Executive Director, was a designated discussant in the session “South Asian LDCs and Trade Facilitation Agreement, with reference to Aid for Trade, while Dr Fahmida Khatun, CPD Research Director was a Discussant in the session “Regional Cooperation to address Climate Change Impacts in South Asia.