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Inception workshop of the Project titled ‘Mainstreaming International Trade into National Development Strategy: A Pilot Project in Bangladesh and India’
February 07-08, 2007, Kolkata

CUTS International organised an inception workshop of the project titled “Mainstreaming International Trade into National Development Strategy: A Pilot Project in Bangladesh and India” with the support of Royal Norwegian Embassy, New Delhi. The event was organised in Kolkata on February 7-8, 2007.

The objective of this event was to bring together people associated with the project and to discuss and finalise the sectors, draft Terms of Reference and questionnaires. It involved participants from partner organisations in Bangladesh and India (Rajasthan and West Bengal), NGO, government officials, project associate and researchers.

• Backgrounder
• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Report
• Presentations:

• Advocacy for Mainstreaming IT in National Development Strategy in Bangladesh
  – Taifur Rahman, Research Fellow, Unnayan Samannay

• Relationship between Openness and Growth - Research Questions and Methodology
  – Sugata Marjit, Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta (CSSSC) and Saibal Kar, Fellow in Economics, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta (CSSSC)

• Idea Sharing Session on Political Economy of Trade Liberalization in Bangladesh – Research Questions and Methodology
  – Taiabur Rahman, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka

• Methodology of Examining the Nexus between Trade Liberalization, Growth and Poverty – Some Thoughts
  – Selim Raihan, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka

• Mainstreaming Trade into National Development Strategy
  – Veena Jha, Programme Coordinator, UNCTAD