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Economic Aspects of Development of Agricultural Alternatives to Tobacco Production and Export Marketing in Malawi (pdf 1,109 KB)

The study assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of alternatives as well as potentials for employment and export earnings, as compared with tobacco. The social needs of employing a large number of workers currently engaged in tobacco production and the country's need for export earnings are thus taken into account. The study includes recommendations made by an Expert Workshop held in Blantyre, Malawi on 21-22 July 1999 addressed to the private and public sectors. Besides its general importance in the context of commodity diversification, the report has a special relevance for major tobacco-producing developing countries in the light of the currently negotiated WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which aims at setting up comprehensive multi-sectoral national tobacco control strategies and programmes that will drastically reduce global tobacco consumption
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2001
Greening Trade in VietNam.
Rubber and the Environment 2001
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2000
Official documentation for the Expert Meeting on Traditional Knowledge (30 October - 1 November 2000)
Expert Papers submitted to the Expert Meeting on Traditional Knowledge (30 October - 1 November 2000)
Le commerce international et la protection de l'environnement à Madagascar Etudes analytiques sur le commerce, l'environnement et le développement No. 2 Nations Unies, New York et Genève, 2000
Discussion Papers - for the Second Regional Workshop on Strengthening Research and Policy-Making Capacity on Trade and Environment in Developing Countries, Havana, Cuba, 30 May - 2 June 2000

Discussion Papers - for the First Regional Workshop on Strengthesning Research and Policy-Making Capacity on Trade and Environment in Developing Countries, Los Baños, Philippines, 11-13 November 1999

Achieving Objectives of Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Package of Trade Measures and Positive Measures (elucidated by results of developing country case studies)

Trade, Sustainable Development and Gender in the Forestry Sector
(.pdf, 57 KB)

Profiting from green consumerism in Germany - Opportunities for developing countries in three sectors: leather and footwear, textiles and clothing, and furniture
(Part I (.pdf, 142 KB)
, Part II) (.pdf, 193 KB)
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1999
Books/Monographs

Reconciliation of Environment and Trade Policies: Results of Case Studies
Interim Versions of Case Studies:
Brazil,
China, Columbia, Costa Rica, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Thailand, Turkey, and Zimbabwe

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Official UN Documents and Reports
The use of trade measures and enabling measures to achieve the objectives of multilateral environmental agreements - Results of case studies in Asian developing countries

The use of economic instruments for encouraging environmentally friendly production, consumption and disposal of rubber (.pdf, 342 KB) - Proceedings of the second joint workshop of UNCTAD and the International Rubber Study Group, Bali, Indonesia, 30 October 1998

Opportunities and constraints of internalizing environmental costs and benefits in prices of rubber and rubber goods (.pdf, 200 KB) - proceedings of the first joint UNCTAD/IRSG workshop, Manchester, UK, 13 June 1997

 

Other Documentation

Report of the project launching workshop Geneva, 24-25 June 1999 (.html, 74 KB) - Strengthening Research and Policy-Making Capacity on Trade and Environment in Developing Countries

 

Breaking the Deadlock: A Positive Agenda on Trade, Environment, and Development? (.pdf, 183 KB),
Appendix II : Key Trade and Environment Issues, Problems, and Possible Solutions (.pdf, 120 KB)

 

Requirements for environmentally sound and economically viable management of natural resources in the light of the trade restrictions of the Basel Ban Amendment: The case of used lead-acid batteries in the Philippines (.pdf, 473 KB)

 

A review of the options for restructuring the secondary lead-acid battery industry in the Philippines, in particular the smaller battery recyclers and secondary lead smelters, including in the informal sector, with a view to enhancing their environmental performance and improving health standards
(.pdf, 135 KB)

Issues paper (.doc, 407 KB) - used as a background paper to the project-launching workshop held in Geneva, 24-25 June 1999 - Strengthening Research and Policy-Making Capacity on Trade and Environment in Developing Countries
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1997
Books/Monographs
  • Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development - A South Asian Perspective (1997)
  • Eco-labelling and International Trade (1997)

 

Official UN Documents and Reports
  • Trade and Environment Matters, Annex, Trade and the Environment: Concrete Progress Achieved and Some Outstanding Issues
  • Environmental management standards, particularly the ISO 14000 series: trade and investment impacts on developing countries
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1996
Official UN Documents and Reports
  • Final report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Trade, Environment and Development incorporating the report on its third session
  • Report of the topical seminar on environment, competiveness and trade: a development perspective, Helsinki, January 1996.
  • Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development.
    Report to the fourth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (1996).
  • The BIOTRADE initiative: a new approach to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development (Prepared for COP3 of the CBD, 1996)
  • Enhancing trade and environment linkages in selected environmentally vulnerable export-oriented sectors of the ESCAP region
  • Production, utilization and trade of environmentally preferable products in the Philippines

 

Other Documentation
  • The relationship of environmental protection to international competitiveness, job creation and development