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October 11th, 2011
The International Chamber of Commerce is pleased to launch the International Open Markets Index, ranking countries by order of openness to international trade and investment. The project to develop the index was funded by the ICC Research Foundation. The index was developed by economist Dr Michael Finger, in consultation with ICC and experts from various multilateral organizations.
May 2nd, 2010
Results of research projects supported by the ICC Research Foundation on global trade and investment will feature prominently on the program of the ICC World Business Summit in June, 2010. The Summit addresses issues related to the transformation of the global economy, with shifts in political and economic power, emergence of new markets, new technologies, new actors and new business models.
In...
April 1st, 2010
This project is a continuation of work supported by the Foundation in 2009, which enabled the World Trade Organization (WTO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) research teams to organize an expert “scoping” workshop on the links between trade and employment. This new project focuses on the priority issues identified by experts at this workshop. Further details on the workshop are...
March 1st, 2010
Project to evaluate trade and employment policy responses of the recession which began in 2007-08
Description:
Focus on the countries most severely affected by the 2008 recession, namely the nations (members of the G7) which experienced the largest decline in global trade, the greatest worsening of labour markets, and the biggest deterioration of government fiscal positions.
Describe and...
February 3rd, 2010
The Foundation is pleased to announce the publication this month of the Evian Group book “Peace and Prosperity through World Trade”. This collection of expert essays was commissioned by the International Chamber of Commerce Research Foundation (ICCRF) and is being published by Cambridge University Press.
Featuring contributions from over 50 of the world’s leading thinkers in global trade and...
January 1st, 2010
The initial results of the research projects supported by the Foundation in 2009 were presented at a CEO Forum in New Delhi in December, 2009. Further news about these initial projects will be the subject of future newsletters and will be posted on the Foundation website.
Meanwhile, the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and International Advisory Council (see the governance section of www.iccrf.org...
January 1st, 2010
A new project supported by the Foundation aims at developing an Open Markets Index, ranking countries by order of openness to international trade and investment. The new Index is being developed by economist Dr. Michael Finger, in consultation with ICC and experts from various multilateral organizations.
The intention is to update and publish the Open Markets Index periodically, to recognize the...
December 29th, 2009
The initial results of the first three research projects supported by the ICC Research Foundation were presented and discussed, at a gathering of leaders from business, government and academia in New Delhi on 4-5 December, 2009. Project leaders from the World Trade Organization, Harvard Business School, and the IMD business school introduced and led discussions on: trade and employment, the...
November 1st, 2009
ICC india hosts a CEO Forum in New Delhi on 4-5 December, 2009 to mark the 90th anniversary of ICC. Participants include CEOs from international business as well as Ministers and senior officials of the Government of India.
The Forum, with the overall theme of “globalization and inclusive growth”, will also be an occasion for the unveiling of the results of the first year of activity of the ICC...
October 1st, 2009
The economic crisis has severely shaken views on the traditional capitalist economy and forced business to envisage how the market economy can regain both its vitality and its credibility, a two-day weekend seminar on the future of capitalism concluded.
The seminar, sponsored by the ICC Research Foundation in conjunction with the Harvard Business School, brought together 50 international...
