This seminar discusses sustainable development impact of trade and investment – examining the accompanying role of trade facilitation measures, as well as environmental, social and other complementary policies for effective implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The seminar is second in the IDS seminar series on inclusive trade.
Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. This seminar discusses the accompanying role of trade facilitation measures, as well as environmental, social and other complementary policies.
Speaker
- Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, Lead Adviser Trade and Commerce at Niti Ayog, Government of India
Discussants
- Dirk Willenbockel, Research Fellow, IDS.
- Caroline Dommen, Senior Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development
- Frank J. Dafa, Trade Policy Specialist at the Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI)
Chair
- Amrita Saha, Research Fellow, IDS
