TRADE AND INDUSTRY INFORMATION CENTER Issue 10
May 30, 2014
Title
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Medical and Wellness Tourism: Lessons from Asia
Publisher
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International Trade Centre
Call Number :
45 000/15.08/ITC/2014 This study is for all countries exploring market opportunities in medical and wellness tourism, with a global industry overview, country case studies and a summary of ITC assistance for market entry. It provides experiences of four Asian countries: India, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines – to offer insight into how other developing countries can attract a greater share in this industry. 28p.
http://www.intracen.org/uploadedFiles/intracenorg/Content/Publications/Medical%20and%20wellness%20Touris m%20-%20lessons%20from%20Asia_L.pdf
Title
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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs through Information and Communication Technologies
Publisher
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Call Number :
02 000/01.01.07/UNCTAD/2014 This publication aims to help bring clarity to some of the key underlying ICT dynamics that are of relevance for women’s entrepreneurship and to set out a method for conducting an assessment which integrates these dimensions. It aspires to serve as a comprehensive and valuable resource to support the formulation of evidence-based policies empowering women entrepreneurs through ICTs and to make possible the full leveraging of the potential and capacities of women entrepreneurs in particular in developing countries. 86p. http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/dtlstict2013d2_en.pdf
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Title
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LDC Services Exports: Trends and Success Stories
Publisher
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International Trade Centre
Call Number :
02 000/15.00/ITC/2013 This paper aims to provide a basis for understanding services exports of Least Developed Countries (LDCs). It highlights supplementary empirical and qualitative information as well as industry and enterprise level material for seven selected LDCs: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Senegal, Rwanda, Uganda and Vanuatu. It discusses the lessons learned in the literature and in the field on the conditions underlying services export competitiveness in LDCs. Also contains case studies drawn from the seven LDCs that are a modest sample of the many service providers who are constantly innovating and engaging in international business, providing employment and helping to raise living standards in the poorest parts of the world. 40p. http://www.intracen.org/ldc-services-exports/
Title
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ASEAN Centrality and the ASEAN-US Economic Relationship
Author
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Peter A. Petri and Michael G. Plummer
Call Number :
45 000/01.03/EWC/2014 This study examines the quantitative details of the significance of the ASEAN-US economic relationship and explores the concept of ASEAN centrality and its implications for intraregional and extra-regional cooperation. Also analyses how ASEAN seeks to strengthen assets through "centrality" in intraregional and external policy decisions. It recommends a two-speed approach toward centrality in order to maximize regional incomes and benefit all member economies, namely: a) selective engagement by ASEAN members in productive external partnerships; and b) vigorous policies to share gains across the region. 82p. http://www.eastwestcenter.org/sites/default/files/private/ps069.pdf
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