Business Process Outsourcing - RSS Feedhttp://www.intracen.org//layouts/RSSFeed.aspx?id=48945Taking steps to boost the Bangladeshi software industryThe International Trade Centre’s (ITC) NTF II Bangladesh team on 7 December (2012) organized an IT industry roundtable discussion at the Digital World conference in Dhaka. During the discussion recommendations from the United Nations Conference on Trade...http://www.intracen.org/news/Taking-steps-to-boost-the-Bangladeshi-software-industry/11/01/2013 09:39:58 AMNetherlands Hosts Seminar, B2B Meetings for Bangladeshi IT FirmsDauphine, a former car dealership by Amstelstation and now a hip hangout for the local service-industry crowd, was the venue for an NTFII Bangladesh Cloud event on 10 October focusing on the role offshore service providers can play in this new ecosystem....http://www.intracen.org/news/Netherlands-Hosts-Seminar-B2B-Meetings-for-Bangladeshi-IT-Firms/26/12/2012 05:30:26 AMBangladesh readies itself for global business‘Bangladesh has positioned itself as a prime location through enhancing its capability and skill availability, lower costs of operations, and by making targeted investments into telecom and IT infrastructure.’  That was one of the key messages delivered...http://www.intracen.org/news/Bangladesh-readies-itself-for-global-business/11/12/2012 11:52:17 AMInterregional and intraregional trade in emerging markets identified as key to addressing global economic crisisEmerging markets will account for upwards of 80 percent of total global GDP growth in 2012, driven in part by trade within and between these markets. One of the rare bright spots in global economic news, growth in interregional and intraregional trade <span lang="EN-US">among emerging markets makes up one-fifth of the world’s total trade and is expected to surpass North-South trade flows by 2030. </span>http://www.intracen.org/news/Interregional-and-intraregional-trade-in-emerging-markets-identified-as-key-to-addressing-global-economic-crisis/15/10/2012 08:02:16 AMNew approaches to feeding the world’s populationDevelopment aid has targeted food security and agri-business for more than 40 years, but has yet to succeed in overcoming the imbalance between supply and demand. Nor has it made much impact on reducing hunger and rural poverty among communities that...http://www.intracen.org/New-approaches-to-feeding-the-worlds-population/28/09/2011 08:12:11 AMColombian Coffee - Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for the Colombian Coffee Growers’ FederationFor many years Colombian Coffee has being recognized as one of the most important coffee producers in the world. In response to changes in the global coffee market, the Colombian Coffee Growers’ Federation has successfully adapted its supply chain...http://www.intracen.org/Colombian-Coffee---Challenges-and-Opportunities-Ahead-for-the-Colombian-Coffee-Growers-Federation/11/07/2011 11:22:31 AMBB 2010-04-30 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 17<p>  Liberalisation in most markets around the world has inspired dramatic growth. By 2006, total world telephone subscribers had reached nearly 4 billion (fixed and mobile), a level which brought global...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-04-30-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-17/18/03/2011 05:45:24 AMBB 2010-04-23 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 16<p>  Logistics Services: Logistics services have always been an element of supply chain management in global trade, however with the onset of computer technology and e-commerce this service sector has become increasingly important in ...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-04-23-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-16/18/03/2011 04:59:45 AMBB 2010-04-09 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 14<p>Environmental services are primarily provided by governments and normally considered to be either public goods (e.g. road cleaning, garbage collection etc.) or natural monopolies...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-04-09-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-14/17/03/2011 10:45:20 AMBB 2010-03-26 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 12It is important to note that the information presented is to provide a basic understanding of the sector through a brief overview and how it relates to the GATS.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-03-26-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-12/17/03/2011 06:27:45 AMBB 2010-03-19 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 11Traditionally, postal services have been services supplied by state-owned entities that have a monopoly on basic mail services, while courier services, usually parcel delivery or expedited mail services, are often supplied by privately owned companies.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-03-19-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-11/17/03/2011 06:09:42 AMBB 2010-02-26 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 8Professional services are classified in the Services Sectoral Classification list under Business Services (W/120; 1.A.). This sub-sector is wide ranging and heterogeneous.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-02-26-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-8/16/03/2011 11:14:12 AMBB 2010-02-19 General Agreements on Trade in Services - Part 7<p> The following exercise reviews the basic principles and obligations that have been presented in the first six parts of the series on General Agreement on Trade in Services.</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-02-19-General-Agreements-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-7/16/03/2011 09:51:40 AMBB 2010-02-12 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 6It is a basic principle of the Agreement that the most favoured nation (MFN) treatment applies to all measures affecting trade in services.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-02-12-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-6/16/03/2011 06:48:31 AMBB 2010-02-05 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 5<p> GATS Commitments Commitments in a Member’s Schedule set out the levels of liberalisation that have been undertaken in a given sector. A schedule includes two parts: the horizontal section and the sector specific section. Both parts are organised in the same manner...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-02-05-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-5/15/03/2011 11:43:09 AMBB 2010-01-29 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 4<p>MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS. Recognition disciplines in Article VII set out the criteria for arrangements to facilitate the authorization, licensing or...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-01-29-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-4/15/03/2011 11:34:24 AMBB 2010-01-22 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 3The general obligations and disciplines of the WTO Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) contain many of the same principles that are the cornerstones of the multilateral trading system as a whole.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-01-22-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-3/15/03/2011 09:50:57 AMBB 2010-01-15 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 2The WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) defines trade in services by means of four different ways in which they can be supplied.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-01-15-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-2/15/03/2011 09:15:45 AMBB 2010-01-08 General Agreement on Trade in Services - IntroThe Uruguay Round of trade talks (1986-1994) created the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS or the Agreement), bringing services trade within the multilateral framework of international trade law for the first time.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-01-08-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Intro/15/03/2011 09:02:23 AMService Pioneers: Stories of Innovative Entrepreneurs<p>Service Pioneers Service Pioneers 2011-03-09 </p>http://www.intracen.org/Service-Pioneers-Stories-of-Innovative-Entrepreneurs/09/03/2011 10:44:49 AMEC-Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement: Services and Investment Commitments<p>EC califorum EC califorum 2011-03-03 </p>http://www.intracen.org/EC-CARIFORUM-Economic-Partnership-Agreement-Services-and-Investment-Commitments/09/03/2011 08:57:51 AMISO 26000: Putting social responsibility to workRecognition of the need for more ethically responsible business practices has seen the emergence of a strong global movement to embrace and promote the concept of social responsibility (SR).http://www.intracen.org/ISO-26000-Putting-Social-Responsibility-to-Work/24/02/2011 06:41:25 PMDeveloping Countries Urged to Focus on the Value of Exports Rather Than Volume<p>Focusing on the value of exports rather than simply their volume is a key means for developing countries to survive and prosper in times of economic crisis, said Patricia R. Francis, ITC's Executive Director...</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/Developing-Countries-Urged-to-Focus-on-the-Value-of-Exports-Rather-Than-Volume/10/01/2011 11:49:48 AMNTF II Bangladesh<p> NTF II Bangladesh 2010-01-01 2013-03-31 one i932 true </p>http://www.intracen.org/NTF-II-Bangladesh/03/12/2010 09:36:10 AMTaking steps to boost the Bangladeshi software industryThe International Trade Centre’s (ITC) NTF II Bangladesh team on 7 December (2012) organized an IT industry roundtable discussion at the Digital World conference in Dhaka. During the discussion recommendations from the United Nations Conference on Trade...http://www.intracen.org/news/Taking-steps-to-boost-the-Bangladeshi-software-industry/11/01/2013 09:39:58 AMNetherlands Hosts Seminar, B2B Meetings for Bangladeshi IT FirmsDauphine, a former car dealership by Amstelstation and now a hip hangout for the local service-industry crowd, was the venue for an NTFII Bangladesh Cloud event on 10 October focusing on the role offshore service providers can play in this new ecosystem....http://www.intracen.org/news/Netherlands-Hosts-Seminar-B2B-Meetings-for-Bangladeshi-IT-Firms/26/12/2012 05:30:26 AMBangladesh readies itself for global business‘Bangladesh has positioned itself as a prime location through enhancing its capability and skill availability, lower costs of operations, and by making targeted investments into telecom and IT infrastructure.’  That was one of the key messages delivered...http://www.intracen.org/news/Bangladesh-readies-itself-for-global-business/11/12/2012 11:52:17 AMInterregional and intraregional trade in emerging markets identified as key to addressing global economic crisisEmerging markets will account for upwards of 80 percent of total global GDP growth in 2012, driven in part by trade within and between these markets. One of the rare bright spots in global economic news, growth in interregional and intraregional trade <span lang="EN-US">among emerging markets makes up one-fifth of the world’s total trade and is expected to surpass North-South trade flows by 2030. </span>http://www.intracen.org/news/Interregional-and-intraregional-trade-in-emerging-markets-identified-as-key-to-addressing-global-economic-crisis/15/10/2012 08:02:16 AMNew approaches to feeding the world’s populationDevelopment aid has targeted food security and agri-business for more than 40 years, but has yet to succeed in overcoming the imbalance between supply and demand. Nor has it made much impact on reducing hunger and rural poverty among communities that...http://www.intracen.org/New-approaches-to-feeding-the-worlds-population/28/09/2011 08:12:11 AMColombian Coffee - Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for the Colombian Coffee Growers’ FederationFor many years Colombian Coffee has being recognized as one of the most important coffee producers in the world. In response to changes in the global coffee market, the Colombian Coffee Growers’ Federation has successfully adapted its supply chain...http://www.intracen.org/Colombian-Coffee---Challenges-and-Opportunities-Ahead-for-the-Colombian-Coffee-Growers-Federation/11/07/2011 11:22:31 AMBB 2010-04-30 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 17<p>  Liberalisation in most markets around the world has inspired dramatic growth. By 2006, total world telephone subscribers had reached nearly 4 billion (fixed and mobile), a level which brought global...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-04-30-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-17/18/03/2011 05:45:24 AMBB 2010-04-23 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 16<p>  Logistics Services: Logistics services have always been an element of supply chain management in global trade, however with the onset of computer technology and e-commerce this service sector has become increasingly important in ...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-04-23-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-16/18/03/2011 04:59:45 AMBB 2010-04-09 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 14<p>Environmental services are primarily provided by governments and normally considered to be either public goods (e.g. road cleaning, garbage collection etc.) or natural monopolies...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-04-09-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-14/17/03/2011 10:45:20 AMBB 2010-03-26 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 12It is important to note that the information presented is to provide a basic understanding of the sector through a brief overview and how it relates to the GATS.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-03-26-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-12/17/03/2011 06:27:45 AMBB 2010-03-19 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 11Traditionally, postal services have been services supplied by state-owned entities that have a monopoly on basic mail services, while courier services, usually parcel delivery or expedited mail services, are often supplied by privately owned companies.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-03-19-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-11/17/03/2011 06:09:42 AMBB 2010-02-26 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 8Professional services are classified in the Services Sectoral Classification list under Business Services (W/120; 1.A.). This sub-sector is wide ranging and heterogeneous.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-02-26-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-8/16/03/2011 11:14:12 AMBB 2010-02-19 General Agreements on Trade in Services - Part 7<p> The following exercise reviews the basic principles and obligations that have been presented in the first six parts of the series on General Agreement on Trade in Services.</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-02-19-General-Agreements-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-7/16/03/2011 09:51:40 AMBB 2010-02-12 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 6It is a basic principle of the Agreement that the most favoured nation (MFN) treatment applies to all measures affecting trade in services.http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-02-12-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-6/16/03/2011 06:48:31 AMBB 2010-02-05 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 5<p> GATS Commitments Commitments in a Member’s Schedule set out the levels of liberalisation that have been undertaken in a given sector. A schedule includes two parts: the horizontal section and the sector specific section. Both parts are organised in the same manner...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-02-05-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-5/15/03/2011 11:43:09 AMBB 2010-01-29 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 4<p>MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS. Recognition disciplines in Article VII set out the criteria for arrangements to facilitate the authorization, licensing or...</p>http://www.intracen.org/BB-2010-01-29-General-Agreement-on-Trade-in-Services---Part-4/15/03/2011 11:34:24 AM