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1 TITLE AUTHOR YEAR A comparison of the Barriers faced by Latin Amercan and ACP Countries exports of tropical products. ICTSD 2007 Africa foreign investor NATIONS UNIES 2003 Africa foreign investor ONUDI 2006 African development indicators BANQUE MONDIALE 1997 African trade policy centre UNDP 2005 Africanforeign investor survey 2005 UNIDO 2006 An agenda for growth and poverty reduction WORLD BANK 1999 Animal feedstuff CBI 1995 Annoucement of programs 2003 INTERNATIONA LAW INSTITUTE 2003 Annual report 2004, add.2 CCI 2004 Annual report 2005 ONUDI 2006 Annual report 2005, Add 2 CCI 2006 Beyond conventional wisdom in development policy NATIONS UNIES 2004 Budget estimates OMC 2007 Building partnership ONU 2002 Can Africa claim the 21st century BANQUE MONDIALE 2000 Car parts and accessories CBI 1996 Capacity building services in Market analysis and research ITC Clothing accessories and hosiery CBI 1996 Cocoa, a shipper's manual CCI 1990 Coffee CCI 1992 Coffee, an exporter's guide CCI 1992 Coffee: an exporters guide CCI 1992 Comesa gender policy COMESA 2002 Commodity market review NATIONS UNIES 2003 Commodity market review FAO 1997 Commodity market review FAO 2005 Commodity market review FAO 2005 Commodity review and outlook FAO 1994 Common fund for commodities CFC 2004 Conducting agricultural censuses and surveys FAO 1996 Contract farming FAO 2001 Costing and pricing for export CCI 1993 Cours de formation générale en TEXTILE SCHAEFFER ENGINEERING 1978

2 Development of SME supplier networks UNIDO 2005 Diagnostic de l'industrie rurale MICDSP 2006 Diagnostics for tuberculosis OMS 2006 Dynamics of national systems of innovation UNIDO 2005 East Asia's growing demand for primary commodities ONU 2006 e commerce et e business PNUD 2005 Economic analysis of agricultural projects JOHNS HOPKINS 1996 Economic and Commercial guide to romania CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE 1982 Economic partnership agreements for eastern and southern Africa DANI VENTER, ERNST NEULAND 2007 Economic report on Africa 2005 ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR 2005 Edible nuts CCI 1990 Electronic components CBI 1996 Elsevier's Dictionary of commercial terms and phrases ELSEVIER 1984 Emerging issues and concerns of African countries in the WTO,Negotiations on agriculture and the Doha round ATPC 2006 Enhancing the developpement role and impact of unctad ONU 2006 Environmental and social standards, certification and labelling for cash crops FAO 2003 Environmental assessment in Africa OMC 1995 Environmental quick scan cut flowers and plants CBI 1996 Environmental quick scan fresh fruits and vegetables CPI 1996 EPISEC CFCE 1995 Essential oils and oleoresins INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER 1986 Establishment of national capability ONUDI 2005 Exporting cut flowers and foliage CBI 1996 Exporting fishery products CBI 1998 Financing Development in Africa ATPC 2006 Financing innovation UNIDO 2005 FIRST PAN AFRICAN ITC 1995 Floricultural products CCI 1987 Footwear CBI 1996 Foreign direct investment ONUDI 2005 GARMENTS DIPP 2006 Global development finance BANQUE MONDIALE 2008 Global economic prospects and the developing countries BANQUE MONDIALE 1995 Global fibre supply model FAO 1998 Global trade models and economic policy analyses ATPC 2006

3 Handbook of world mineral trade statistics ONU 2004 Handicrafts and cottage industries CCI 1991 Hides and skins CBI 1995 Impact of Origin Rules USAID 2007 IMPACT of Origin Rules for Textiles ICTSD 2007 Increasing integration into world markets as a poverty reduction strategy 2001 industrial clusters and poverty reduction ONUDI 2004 Industrial commodity statistics, 2002 ONU 2004 Information economy UNITED NATIONS 2005 Information sources on the coffee,cocoa,tea and spices industries UNITED NATION 1977 Information sources on the flour milling and the bakery products industries UNITED NATION 1981 Institute of export promotion Mozambique IPEX 2010 International Competitiveness in Africa IVOHASINA FIZARA 2007 Invest in COMESA COMESA 2009 Investir dans le capital humain BANQUE MONDIALE 1995 Investment policy review Kenya UNITED NATION 2006 Leather and leather products NATIONS UNIES 1979 MEdium term prospects for agricultural commodities FAO 2010 Market brief on dried flowers CCI 1996 Market brief on garlic overview of the European union ITC 1996 Market brief on T SHIRT CNUCED 1996 Medicinal and aromatic plants for industrial development NATIONS UNIES 1982 Medicinal Herbs and Plants: Scope for Diversified and Sustainable Extraction FAO Years of unlocking SME competitiveness ITC 2014 Market analysis for three Peruvian natural ingredients ITC 2013 Methodology for the identification of special products CCI 2005 Model law on competition ONU 2004 Model law on competition ONU 2004 Mozambique in focus HIGH COMMISSION OF 2011 Natural fibres CBI 1996 Non tariff barriers their prevalence and relevance for african countries ATPC 2005 Official trade representatives UNCTAD 1987 Oil seeds CBI 1995 ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS ICTSD 2006 Organic fruit and vegetables from the tropics NATIONS UNIES 2003

4 Partnership in development BANQUE MONDIALE 2004 Positive agenda and future trade negotiations NATIONS UNIES 2000 Power generating and transforming equipment for non conventional energy CCI 1989 Progress report on regional integration efforts in Africa towards the promotion of intra african trade ATPC 2005 Public Entreprise Reform BANQUE MONDIALE 1991 Reforming the IMF ONU 2005 Regional investment agency COMESA 0 Relevance of UNIDO services UNIDO 2005 Renegociating GATT article XXIV a priority for african countries engaged in north south trade agreements ATPC 2006 Report on export marketing and distribution of leather and leather products from developing countries NATIONS UNIES 1979 Romanian foreign trade law CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE 1984 Rules of the game BIT 2005 Secondary processed wood products CCI 1992 selected market s for ginger and its derivatives with special reference to dried ginger TROPICAL PRODUCTS INSTITUTE 1982 Selected markets for rabbit meat CCI 1983 SILK REVIEW ITC 1995 South South trade in special products CCI 2007 South south trade in special products CCI 2007 Special products: Options for negociating modalities CCI 2005 SPICES AND HERBS DIPP 2006 Spices, a survey of the world market CCI 1982 Sportswear and Leisurewear CBI 95 Statistical yearbook and selected indicators of food and agriculture FAO 2004 Summary of world food and agricultural statistics FAO 2004 Supplement to the report on the 1990 world census of agriculture FAO 2001 Sustainable rice production development ADS 2004 Tariff reduction CCI 2005 Textiles and clothing CCI 1994 The ACP experience of preference erosion in the banana and sugar sectors CCI 2007 The End of Poverty JEFFREY D.SACHS 2005 The global enabling trade ROBERT Z.LAWRENCE 2009 The least developed countries UNITED NATIONS 2006 The market for handicraft products in the Netherlands CBI 1985 The market for non traditional agricultural exports FAO 2004 The north American market for natural products Prospects for ANDEAN and African products ITC 2012

5 The role of industrial development in the achievement of the millenium development goals UNIDO 2003 The state of agricultural commodity markets FAO 2004 The state of food and agriculture FAO 2005 The white man's burden WILLIAM EASTERLY 2006 The World Almanac and book of facts 1994 WORLD ALMANAC 1994 The world bank BANQUE MONDIALE 2001 The world bank BANQUE MONDIALE 2003 The world bank,vol 2 BANQUE MONDIALE 2002 The world market for horsemeat CCI 1983 Timber and timber products CBI 1998 Tourteaux et farines d'oléagineux CCI 2000 Trade and development report, 2009 CNUCED 2009 Trade development CCI 1990 Trade regimes, liberalisation and macroeconomic instability in africa ATPC 2006 Training manual on cotton trading operations CCI 1989 Tropical and diversification products CCI 2008 Tropical fruit juices and pulp CCI 1990 UNCTAD Handbook of statistics UNITED NATIONS 2002 UNCTAD handbook of statistics,2004 ONU 2004 UNCTAD,handbook of statistics CNUCED 2004 UNCTAD's contribution NATIONS UNIES 2006 UNCTAD'S Contribution to the mid term review of the programme of action for LDCs for the decade UNITED NATIONS 2006 Unglazed and glazed ceramic tiles CCI 1982 Visakha container terminal TERMINAL OFFICE 0 Voluntary standards and certification for environmentally and socially responsible agricultural production and trade FAO 2004 Welfare Consequences BANQUE MONDIALE 1994 Whither EC Aid ECDPM 2009 World bank Atlas BANQUE MONDIALE 1997 World investment report ONU 2009 World reflections ISHWARAYA LAKSHMI 2010 World without end DAVID W.PEARCE 1993 Zanzibar COMMISSION POUR LE TOURISME 1992

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