RESULTS OF THE EX-ANTE SURVEY ON UNCTAD PUBLICATION PROPOSALS IN THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2004-2005 [English only]

UNCTAD/EDM/2003/1/Rev.1 16 2003 ENGLISH ONLY TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Working Party Medium-term Plan Programme Budget Fortieth session, part 21-23 2003 Results -ante survey UNCTAD publication proposals proposed Programme Budget 2004-2005 Prepared UNCTAD secretariat 2 Explanatory Note 1. twenty-ninth session Working Party Medium-term Plan Programme Budget, delegations noted difficulty examining programme budget proposals based list publications supporting data, mandate target audience. ensuing discussions led agreement session Working Party conduct survey potential usefulness proposed publications manner format facilitate delegations' consultations experts respective national capitals. 2. decision, biennium UNCTAD secretariat conducting ante survey UNCTAD' member States order assist Working Party review Programme Work forthcoming biennium. informal note summary results survey publications envisaged biennium 2004-2005. 3. survey forms transmitted member States cover Note Verbale 30 October 2002. 15 2003, 26 replies received countries: Angola, Argentina, Belarus, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Israel, Italy, Lithuania (2), Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Nauru, Norway, Panama (2), Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand (2), Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. addition, secretariat received letter Denmark behalf European Union including principal points: limited response UNCTAD publications receiving sufficient attention overwhelming flow publications; European Union welcomed UN Secretary-General’ emphasis streamline reports development coherent UN policy regard; , based direction Mid-term Review, UNCTAD continue efforts provide relevant high- quality reports areas comparative advantage UNCTAD’ reporting provide clear added . 4. tabulation survey results, ratings respondents converted numerical scale 4 1 : 4 = “ .” 3 = “ .” 2 = “ .” 1 = “ .” numerical scale, average rating publication proposal table. , higher average rating, favourable replies. facilitate reading results, number replies rated proposal, ranking 59 proposals terms average rating, high , table. 3 Title/subject verage anking average um ber replies Globalization, interdependence development Trade Development Report Overview (Title) 3.74 7 23 Trade Development Report (Title) 3.80 3 25 .24 discussion papers (Title) 3.68 10 19 UNCTAD discussion papers (Title) 3.50 20 20 Current issues globalization development policies (Title) 3.59 14 22 Debt data validation techniques (Subject) 3.47 23 19 Debt analysis (Subject) 3.71 8 21 Proceedings Inter-regional Debt Management Conference (Title) 3.45 24 20 UNCTAD Handbook Statistics (Title) 3.70 9 23 Guide UNCTAD Publications (Title) 3.36 31 22 UNCTAD Handbook Statistics CD-ROM 3.77 6 22 Sustained development Palestinian economy (Subject) 2.83 53 18 Economic development Africa (Subject) 3.22 44 18 Investment, enterprise technology Review International Accounting Reporting Issues (Title) 3.14 50 21 World Investment Report Overview (Title) 3.83 2 24 World Investment Directory CD-ROM, including statistical tables (Title) 3.70 9 23 World Investment Report CD-ROM, including statistical tables (Title) 3.88 1 24 Transnational Corporations Journal (Title) 3.23 43 22 World Investment Report (Title) 3.83 2 24 LDC investment guides (Subject) 3.21 45 19 International investment instruments: compendium 3.29 36 21 IIA Materials CD-ROM, update (Title) 3.19 47 21 ASIT Advisory Series (Title) 3.28 38 18 Issues international investment agreements (Subject) 3.33 34 21 Issues international agreements arrangements related technology (Subject) 3.26 42 19 FDI trends policy issues (Subject) 3.59 14 22 Investment Policy Review (Subject) 3.55 17 22 Salient issues science technology development (Subject) 3.38 30 21 practices capacity building SME development - case EMPRETEC 3.60 13 20 4 Title/subject verage anking average um ber replies International trade GSP Handbooks Market Access Studies (Subject) 3.56 16 18 Systemic issues international trade: development perspective - analytical studies (Subject) 3.63 11 19 Selected issues international trade negotiations (Subject) 3.62 12 21 JITAP-related studies trade policy development emerging multilateral trading system 3.41 27 17 Analytical studies international trade issues: development perspective (Subject) 3.52 18 21 Handbook World Mineral Trade Statistics (Title) 2.81 54 16 UNCTAD Commodity Yearbook CD-ROM (Title) 3.28 38 18 UNCTAD Commodity Yearbook (Title) 3.29 36 17 World Commodity Survey (Title) 3.16 49 19 Commodity Development Trade - analytical studies (Subject) 3.28 38 18 Selected commodity issues collection papers expert meetings commodities (Subject) 3.00 52 16 Handbook competition legislation (Title) 3.43 26 21 Model laws competition (Title) 3.45 24 22 Analytical studies competition law policy (Subject) 3.52 18 21 Technical papers competition law policy (Title) 3.50 20 20 Trade, Environment Development: Analytical Studies (Series ) (Subject) 3.39 28 18 Trade Environment Review (Title) 3.35 33 20 Proceedings Regional International Workshops undertaken UNCTAD, including context Capacity Building Task Force Trade Environment, including, , selected authored papers submitted participants (Subject) 3.33 34 18 Capacity Building Task Force Trade Environment: Thematic Studies (Subject) 3.39 28 18 5 Title/subject verage anking average um ber replies Services infrastructure development, trade efficiency human resources development Review Maritime Transport (Title) 3.17 48 18 -Commerce Development Report 3.80 3 20 Electronic commerce international transport services (Subject) 3.45 24 20 Trade facilitation international multimodal transport (Subject) 3.20 46 20 Studies fields applied economics transport, trade facilitation multimodal transport (Subject) 3.05 51 19 -developed countries, landlocked developing countries small island developing States Developed Countries Report 2004 (Title) 3.36 31 22 Overview LDC 2004 Report (Title) 3.50 20 20 Development issues LDCs 3.28 38 18 Effective benefits perspective graduation LDC status 3.44 25 18 Improvement transit transport corridors West Africa 2.71 56 17 Improvement transit transport corridors Eastern Southern Africa 2.76 55 17