Driving Business by Building Better Trade Portals

PM Group’s Chris Lewis-Jones presented on designing, building, and launching trade information portals (TIPs) in this learning event organized by Asian Development Bank's Board of Directors. TIPs are a one-stop shop where cross-border trade rules, regulations, procedures, and processes are gathered in one public domain web portal to enable faster, more predictable, and compliant trade transactions for private and public sectors.

Developing Countries’ Participation in Global Value Chains: Implications for Trade and Trade-Related Policies

This presentation explains the purpose of organizing this event and in what ways the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s work differs from the rest. An overview of OECD’s global value chain (GVC) project is featured. It also covers GVC participation and how it is measured, and discusses the differences in countries’ experiences on GVC participation.

Developing Countries’ Participation in Global Value Chains

This learning event explained the purpose of organizing this seminar on Developing Countries’ Participation in Global Value Chains: Implications for Trade and Trade-Related Policies and in what ways OECD’s work differs from the rest. An overview of OECD’s global value chain (GVC) project is presented. It also covered GVC participation and how it is measured, and discussed the differences in countries’ experiences on GVC participation.

International Supply Chains and the Economies of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations

This presentation features the story of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the need to focus on logistics services. The nexus between trade and growth is also explained. It discusses why well-functioning supply chains are important for trade, and how to facilitate as well as manage risks and vulnerabilities in supply chains.

International Supply Chains and ASEAN Economies

This learning event on International Supply Chains and the Economies of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) shared the story of the ASEAN, and the need to focus on logistics services. The nexus between trade and growth is also explained. It discussed why well-functioning supply chains are important for trade, and how to facilitate as well as manage risks and vulnerabilities in supply chains.