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WORLD TRADE WT/WGTI/W/8/Add.2
24September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3877)
Original: English Working Group ontheRelationship
between Trade andInvestment
IMPLICATIONS OFTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADE AND INVESTMENT
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Work Undertaken inOther Intergovernmental Organizations
Addendum
Atitsmeeting of2and3June1997, theWorking Group requested theWTO Secretariat to
prepare apaper which would present theresults ofwork undertaken inother intergovernmental
organizations onthesubjects covered byItemIoftheChecklist ofIssues Suggested forStudy
(WT/WGTI/M/1, paragraph 11).Pursuant tothisrequest, theSecretariat invited UNCTAD andother
intergovernmental organizations working inthisareatoprovide asummary description ofwork carried
outonthese subjects.
Thisaddendum reproduces thecontribution fromtheWorld Bank. Itconsists of(I)relevant
sections oftherecent report onGlobal Economic Prospects andtheDeveloping Countries ;(II)a
summaryofarecentreportbytheInternationalFinanceCorporation(IFC)onForeignDirectInvestment;
and(III)aninventory ofanalytical work ontrade, investment anddevelopment.