Research
Background Studies: Trade & Industry + Content Toevoegen

Here Apura presents reports dealing with Trade & Industry in general - not sector specific. Laws and regulations, international rankings, and studies into the international opportunities Suriname can grab a hold of. Understand where Suriname is coming from and where it might be going...

2006 Index of Economic Freedom
This document gives the Heritage Foundation\\\'s index of Suriname\\\'s Economic Freedom in 2006.

Advantages & Challenges for Surinamese Businesses
Collected information from business leaders provides an overview of current problems and obstacles facing the domestic private sector. The obstacles are viewed from the perspective of the production structure of the economy (Mr Imro San A Jong & Dr Jules Sedney - 2004)

Annual Report of VSB, Suriname Trade and Industry Association
Provides a very detailed overview of developments in the private sector (national, regional, international), especially regarding government policies and labor

Building Competitive Caribbean Export Industries
This document aims to study Suriname's competitiveness by
identifying and supporting export-oriented industries rooted in local talent and resources.

Capacity Building In Support of Preparation of Economic Partnership Agreement
With the aim of assisting the ACP countries to better understand the issues at stake and to better structure their negotiating teams and plans, in 2002 the ACP Secretariat created a Programme Management Unit in Brussels (PMU) for “strengthening ACP country capacities in support of EPA negotiations”. (METRA Consulting - 2005)

Doing Business in Suriname 2004
This document from the VSB (Vereniging Surinaamse Bedrijfsleven) gives a short overview of Suriname's business environment.

Doing Business in Suriname 2006
This page from the World Bank provides a snapshot of each country’s aggregate ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for each country for all the 10 topics covered in the database.

Evaluation of the Market Potential for Suriname’s Export Products on the Caricom Market
Discusses Suriname’s intra Caricom trade and international competitiveness in a Caribbean context. The results are presented stemming from a survey and summarizes the market potential of a number of selected products in country markets, the opportunities and constraints. (Mr Winston Ramautarsingh PROPLAN - 1999)

Globale inventarisatie vd economische bedrijvigheid
Globaal overzicht van de kenmerken van de economische bedrijvigheid in de distrikten. De inhoud van het hier onderhavige deelrapport geeft in grote lijnen de algemene kenmerken weer van de economische bedrijvigheid in de kustvlakte gebieden van Suriname. (Mr Derryck Ferrier, CESWO, 401096 - 1999)

Implications for Suriname's Economy of the WTO, the FTAA and the CSME
Implications for Suriname's Economy of the WTO, the FTAA and the CSME, as well as Future ACP-EU Trade Agreement / Implicaties voor de Surinaamse Economie voor de WTO, FTAA en de CSME, alsook Toekomstige ACP-EU Handelsovereenkomsten (Prof. Vanus James, 2003)

Memorandum van bevindingen IFONS
Memorandum van bevindingen technische assistentie van het Investeringsfonds Ontwikelingssamenwerking Nederland - Suriname (IFONS)

National Strategy for the Development of the Domestic Private Sector
The document presents the structure, working environment, mission statement and goals of the Suriname Business Forum. (Diagnos & Carimeco 2002)

Possible Centers of Growth and the Developmental Role of the Surinamese Private Sector
The document makes an qualitative analysis of the structure of a number of industrial sectors (incl SMSs) and presents a number of potential sectors of growth as well as activities/responsibilities to be performed by domestic private sector to ensure success (Mr Stanley Naar - 1999)

Seminar Economic Partnership Agreement Cariforum-EU Vooruitzichten voor Suriname
Presentation Seminar Hotel Krasnapolsky (Winston Ramautarsingh - 2005)

Suriname Business Forum
Het Business Forum werd ingesteld met als doel een platform te vormen voor een public sector - private sector partnership (PPP), waarbij in overleg tussen de overheid en het bedrijfsleven een nationale strategie wordt geformuleerd voor het particuliere bedrijfsleven als sector van onze nationale economie.

Trade for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
This report gives an overview of Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean by two senior economists at the World Bank.

UNCTAD FDI Report 2004
This report gives a fact sheet of Suriname with regards to its attractiveness for Foreogn Direct Investment. (2004)

WTO Trade Policy Review 2004
This page gathers key information on Suriname's participation in the WTO. Suriname has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995. WTO documents are available in MS Word format (zipped).


