Economic research activities

The WTO’s Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD) organized a wide range of outreach activities in 2016, including the launch of the WTO’s flagship publication – the World Trade Report – and a new book on trade analysis. It participated in workshops, including the Fifth IMF-World Bank-WTO Joint Trade Research Workshop. It launched a new series of lectures on economic and policy developments as part of the WTO’s Trade Dialogues initiative. In 2016, the WTO launched the World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) giving “real time” information on trade trends.