Tag: Trade governance
Africa-Europe Partnership: A vision beyond migration
08 Nov 18 NewsSpeech by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini during the S&D 2018 Africa Week
This is the third important meeting that the [S&D – Socialists & Demo...
Institutional reform of the African Union is the major focus of the 11th AU Extraordinary Summit underway in Addis Ababa
08 Nov 18 NewsUnder the framework of the 11th African Union Extraordinary Summit, the AU Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) officially opened on Monday 5th November 2018, at the AU headqu...
Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2017/18
06 Nov 18 PublicationsMonitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa is celebrating its 15th anniversary. This edition includes a review of the developments since 2001, the year when the first editi...
Global Financial Integrity releases new study on trade misinvoicing in Nigeria
31 Oct 18 NewsNigeria trade misinvoicing leads to significant revenue losses
Analysis of trade misinvoicing in Nigeria in 2014 shows that the potential loss of revenue to the government was app...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
29 Oct 18 NewsThe G20 Compact with Africa meeting gets underway today in Berlin:
President Ramaphosa: In his capacity as co-chair of the G20 Africa Advisory Group, President Ramaphosa wi...
African governance progress lagging behind needs and expectations of growing population, finds 2018 Ibrahim Index of African Governance
29 Oct 18 NewsDespite strong GDP growth over the last 10 years, Africa has failed to generate economic opportunities for its booming youth population
The 2018 Ibrahim Index of African Governan...
Joint Communiqué of the Ottawa Ministerial on WTO Reform
26 Oct 18 NewsDG Azevêdo welcomes commitment to strengthen the WTO
Speaking at a gathering of ministers to discuss WTO reform, which was convened by the Canadian government in Ottawa on 25 Oct...
Brexit’s sober Lessons
24 Oct 18 BlogHad it not been for the crisp analysis (and ridicule at times[1]) by many reporting on the oversimplifications offered by those who see Brexit as an opportunity to restore national...
First Ordinary Session of the Fifth Pan-African Parliament kicks off with renewed call for stronger African integration
23 Oct 18 NewsThe first ordinary session of the fifth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament kicked off officially on Monday, 22 October 2018 at the Kigali Convention Centr...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
16 Oct 18 NewsReport of the G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance: Making the global financial system work for all
The next decade is critical. We need substantially greater ...
A scoping study of illicit financial flows impacting Uganda
16 Oct 18 NewsPropensity for misinvoicing merits serious attention in Uganda, says new Global Financial Integrity study
There are always political risk and capacity gaps in coordinating governm...
Making the global financial system work for all
16 Oct 18 NewsWe are at a critical juncture. Our fundamental challenge is to build a cooperative international order suited to the 21st century: one that delivers win-win outcomes for nations in...
Global Financial Integrity releases new study on trade misinvoicing in Kenya
16 Oct 18 NewsNew study shows Kenya trade misinvoicing leads to significant revenue losses
Analysis of trade misinvoicing in Kenya in 2013 shows that the potential loss of revenue to the govern...
The Dispute Settlement Mechanism under the African Continental Free Trade Area
01 Oct 18 BlogAfrican Governments do not litigate against each other in trade matters. Will it be different under the African Continental Free Trade Area? We do not know. What we do know is that...
WTO fundamentals are sound, but the architecture requires reform and modernisation for the 21st century global economy
01 Oct 18 NewsThe World Trade Organization (WTO) is an indispensable multilateral institution. In its routine professional work, the organisation, staffed by top-class professionals, continues t...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
20 Sep 18 NewsWomen and African trade:
A set of postings, complementing tralac’s recent newsletter on the same theme
i) Why do gender issues matter in trade relations? How do trade policies...
The T20 presents its public policy recommendations to the G20
18 Sep 18 NewsThe Think 20 came together in Buenos Aires on 17 and 18 September 2018 to convey its public policy recommendations to the Argentine G20 presidency. President Macri received th...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
14 Sep 18 NewsIn Washington, DC: IMF’s Christine Lagarde at the launch of a new book, Race to the next income frontier: How Senegal and other low-income countries can reach the finish lin...
World Bank review reveals unchanged quality of policies and institutional performance in Africa
14 Sep 18 NewsThe average quality of policies and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa was broadly unchanged in 2017, according to the latest review by the World Bank. This is a shift from the det...
Sixth Retreat of the Executive Council kicks off at the African Union Headquarters
13 Sep 18 NewsThe Sixth Retreat of the Executive Council opened on Wednesday, 12 September 2018 at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
For two days, the Ministers of F...