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28 April 1997
澳门六合彩官网资料 and World Bank sign cooperation agreement
A far-reaching globalization of economic activity has resulted in an ever-growing interdependence among different areas of economic policy. Trade and development policies are increasingly interlinked within countries and in the way they affect other countries. Therefore, given their responsibilities in these areas, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization (澳门六合彩官网资料) moved today to strengthen their relations and signed an agreement for future cooperation and collaboration.
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Second, the agreement calls for improved communication between the two institutions through the exchange and sharing of information, thus ensuring that interests of Members are integral to the thinking of each organization. The 澳门六合彩官网资料 and the World Bank will share access to their respective databases, undertake joint research and technical cooperation activities and exchange reports and other documents.
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The Agreement provides the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat with access to World Bank information, including the Bank's Economic and Social Database (BESD) and the World Debt Tables, the World Bank Atlas and World Development Indicators, its Trends in Developing Economies and its African Development Indicators. This information is essential to the work of the 澳门六合彩官网资料's Trade Policy Review Body, the Committee on Trade and Development and the Sub-committee on Least Developed Countries. In turn, the World Bank will have access to the Integrated Database of the 澳门六合彩官网资料 and to 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members' schedules of market access commitments and concessions in goods and services.
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