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- the process of helping groups, or individuals, to learn, find a solution, or reach a consensus, without imposing or dictating an outcome. Facilitation works to empower individuals or groups to...
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- Trade facilitation and Africa's manufactured goods export
- This paper examines the issues of why; even in the light of reductions in tariff and non-tariff barriers in many African countries in recent times, government policies, including restrictive trade and poor customs regulations and administration--issues of trade facilitation--still continue to discourage exporting. A panel data analysis was undertaken to...
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- MIDDLE EAST: PAN-ARAB TRADE BOUNCED BY 40%.
- According to Al-Hayat newspaper (May 22, 2006), addressing the World Economic Forum, Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry, Rashid Mohamed Rashid, said that the volume of pan-Arab trade bounced by 40% following the execution of the pan-Arab agreement on the facilitation and development of trade exchange...
- Research articles 2006-05-22
- PAN-ARAB TRADE BOUNCED BY 40%
- According to Al-Hayat newspaper (May 22, 2006), addressing the World Economic Forum, Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry, Rashid Mohamed Rashid, said that the volume of pan-Arab trade bounced by 40% following the execution of the pan-Arab agreement on the facilitation and development of trade exchange between the Arab countries....
- Research articles 2006-05-22
- Becoming a Better Facilitator
- Facilitation skills don't come easily. They require awareness, sensitivity, and an understanding of process. They also require courage because sometimes you need to let the process "go to the edge" to create value for the people who are learning from it.Often, the task of facilitation is given to someone who...
- Articles 2007-12-12
- Becoming a Great Facilitator
- Facilitation is an overlooked art in many organizations, but one that is crucial for excellent team work and great results. It fosters a sense of responsibility for, and commitment to, the outcome a group may reach. A facilitator's role is to serve as a catalyst, creating the conditions and motivation...
- Articles 2007-10-04
- Growth and Trade Horizons for Asia: Long-term Forecasts for Regional Integration
- With the emergence of People's Republic of China PRC and India, the economic landscape of Asia and its relation to the global economy have changed. Using a new dynamic global model, we present forecasts for Asian expansion over 2025. These baseline growth forecasts elucidate shifting patterns of regional specialization and...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- TEI comments on proposed regionalization of customs functions: May 12, 2005
- On May 12, 2005, TEI President Judith P. Zelisko sent the following letter to Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The letter was prepared under the auspices of the Institute's International Tax Committee, whose chair is John J. Herson of Neenah Paper, Inc. Roger D. Wheeler...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- KLEBS
- KLEBS has named Eden Larson as general manager. Larson has been a business owner, manager and, most recently, president of ABC of Alaska Inc. since 1997. She has experience in organizational development, strategic planning, facilitation and operations. Larson is responsible for all general operations of the company as well as...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- Electronic Town Hall Meeting Unites Corridor's Counties
- ATHENS - In the first-ever electronic town hall meeting of counties in the Nick Joe Rahall II High Technology Corridors Programs area, individuals discussed the need for and merits of cooperation, new thinking and using high-tech communications.Through West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Verizon facilitation, Rahall, D-W.Va., and keynote speaker Hilda...
- Research articles 2004-07-02
- Chinese trio in court over cockle-picker deaths
- LONDON AFP ? Three Chinese appeared in court charged with manslaughter and other offences over the deaths of at least 21 Chinese migrants who drowned in February while digging for shellfish in Morecambe Bay. The trio -- two men and a woman -- arrested for the second time by...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- Asia-Pacific economies to call for WTO talks to be quickly back on track
- PUCON, Chile AFP ? Trade ministers of 21 Asia-Pacific economies meeting in Chile are set to adopt a "strong" statement urging WTO members to return to the negotiating table by July and devise long awaited new rules governing global trade. The 148-member WTO talks on the so-called Doha Development...
- Research articles 2004-06-04
- WTO chief says talks at crucial stage; US asks developing nations to act
- PUCON, Chile AFP ? Global talks to devise new trade rules are at a "crucial" stage, World Trade Organisation WTO chief Supachai Panitchpakdi has cautioned as he urged Asia-Pacific economies to set the pace for their successful conclusion. Supachai was speaking at a news conference in Chile ahead of...
- Research articles 2004-06-03
- Asia-Pacific trade ministers to set pace for reviving stalled WTO talks
- WASHINGTON AFP ? Ministers of 21 Asia Pacific economies, controlling nearly half of world trade, meet in Chile this week under pressure from business groups in the region to jumpstart stalled global trade talks. Facing a self-imposed July deadline, the trade ministers from industrialized and developing economies of the...
- Research articles 2004-05-30
- Doha trade talks showing signs of life after farm action
- PARIS AFP ? The Doha round of global free-trade talks showed signs of getting off the ground here Friday following US and EU moves on the sticky issue of agriculture, with developing countries coming under pressure to open their markets. The head of the World Trade Organisation, Supachai Panitchpakdi,...
- Research articles 2004-05-14
- US trade representative says farm trade talks dogged by market access
- PARIS AFP ? US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said that market access for agricultural goods remains the key stumbling block to free-trade talks despite progress on other subjects. "The area where we still need to move further ahead is market access for agriculture," Zoellick told a press conference amid...
- Research articles 2004-05-14
- How to talk the difficult talk
- * Managing Difficult Conversations, online, 2003, Harvard Business School Publishing E-learning (800-795-5200, www.eLearning.hbsp.org), $195. Facilitation guide available for additional fee. I am a master of avoiding difficult conversations. I hate to create conflict and too often I go with the flow just to maintain peace. So I reviewed Managing...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Global Talks on 'Singapore Issues' Urged.
- By Woranuj Maneerungsee, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 12--The world business community has urged heads of global trade negotiations to focus on the areas of trade facilitation and transparency in government procurement as private sectors worldwide are keen...
- Research articles 2003-11-12
- Returns to facilitating farmers' organisations for distributary maintenance: empirical results from a pilot project in southern Punjab
- Institutional reforms currently underway in Pakistan's irrigation and drainage sector require that farmers lake over the operation and maintenance responsibilities of their secondary canals. However, the farmers need to be organised first, for which investments are a prerequisite. A great deal of skepticism about the farmers' collective ability and willingness...
- Research articles 1999-09-22
- Kansas City Company Offers Unique Computer Disposal Service To Aid With Y2K Compliancy And Other Equipment Managment Issues
- OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 29, 1999-- Service Dimensions Inc. SDI New - Safe & Economical Disposal Program for Non-Y2K Computers and Peripheral Hardware SDI offers unique program for out-dated or non-Y2K compliant PCs and printers. Customers are able to receive Life-Cycle Management, Valuable Space Savings, On-Site...
- Research articles 1999-07-29
- J.T. Granatelli Lubricants, Inc. Makes Announcement
- CAMARILLO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 17, 1997--J.T. Granatelli Lubricants, Inc. (NASDAQ:LUBR) reported today that The Oxford Group, Inc. of Bethseda, Maryland has agreed to fund the Company the sum of $1,500,000USD, agreeing to privately place an undisclosed position of equity. Collier Capital Management, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA; and Barclay Partners...
- Research articles 1997-12-17
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