Tag: Global economy
Parliamentary group calls on Commonwealth leaders to put trade for development at the heart of CHOGM 2018 summit
03 Apr 18 NewsExpert committee highlights the untapped potential of trade and investment in the bloc for lifting millions of Commonwealth citizens out of poverty
An Inquiry Committee of disting...
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26 Mar 18 NewsAfrican trade policy events starting today:
In Abidjan: Africa CEO forum; In Nairobi: Regional meeting on SPS collaboration, leasing and coordination in Eastern and Southern Afric...
Making progress on sustainable development, four countries tipped to graduate from ranks of poorest
16 Mar 18 NewsBhutan, Kiribati, São Tomé and Príncipe and Solomon Islands have been recommended for graduation from the special UN category for least developed countries.
With increasing nat...
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09 Mar 18 NewsECOWAS Commission gets a new President: Ivorian Jean-Claude Brou takes over from Marcel De Souza
African Union Commission, US State Department perspectives on AU-US relations:
Ch...
WTO General Council chair: transparency and inclusivity important to build trust
09 Mar 18 NewsRemarks by Ambassador Xavier Carim (South Africa) at the conclusion of his final meeting as chair of the General Council
Let me start by saying that it has been a privilege to ser...
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08 Mar 18 NewsToday’s tralac daily news selection marks International Women’s Day 2018: enjoy our compilation of commentaries, data sources, event pointers
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Namibia’s Mrs Sabine Bö...
ILO: Women still less likely to be active in the labour market than men in most of the world
08 Mar 18 NewsDespite notable progress over the past 20 years, updated ILO figures show persistent inequalities between women and men on access to the labour market, unemployment and conditions ...
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07 Mar 18 NewsThe AfDB has appointed Moono Mupotola as Director, Regional Integration. Full details of this, and other senior management appointments, can be accessed here.
SADC Ministers for E...
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01 Mar 18 NewsPIDA Week 2017 (held on 10-14 December 2017, Swakopmund): outcomes
Extract from the conference proceedings: Good practice for PIDA Corridor Implementation (pdf). Several recommen...
Digitisation will overcome African trade barriers
28 Feb 18 NewsDigitally integrating Africa’s higher risk trade transaction ecosystem into a global economy returning to growth offers Africa a unique opportunity to drive inclusive and sustain...
Adesina urges America to support African agriculture as a business
27 Feb 18 News“I do not seek aid for Africa. I seek investments in Africa” – Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President
The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has...
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through consumer protection
26 Feb 18 NewsNew publication aims to provide policymakers and enforcers with a basis for reflection on the positive impacts that protecting consumers bears in promoting a more inclusive and sus...
Africa growth prospects for 2018
22 Feb 18 NewsAfter successive downward revisions to growth forecasts which followed the contraction in global demand and the end of the commodity super-cycle – raising yet another spectre of ...
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21 Feb 18 NewsEgypt’s fourth Trade Policy Review is underway at the WTO: access the documentation prepared by the WTO Secretariat and the Government of Egypt.
Extract from the executive ...
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20 Feb 18 NewsDiarise: East Africa Trade Development Forum (28 February - 1 March, Kampala)
African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) Steering Committee: tracking AfCFTA implementation (UNECA)
The 3r...
Collective action is key to defending trade, Geneva Dialogue hears
20 Feb 18 NewsChallenges to the multilateral trading system can be met by collective institutions like UNCTAD defending trade’s power to pull more people out of poverty.
The time has come to ...
Platform Partners’ Statement at the closing of the conference on taxation and SDGs
19 Feb 18 NewsMajor international organizations – including the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group – on 14 February 2018 called on governments from around the world to strengthen and in...
US-African trade: Creating common ground amidst policy uncertainty?
16 Feb 18 NewsAs the US Administration moves forward with a trade policy for Africa and African leaders work toward regional harmonisation, common ground may be emerging focused on market opport...
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13 Feb 18 NewsAfrican trade policy events to diarise:
(i) With the Extraordinary AU Summit scheduled for the signing of the CFTA now taking place in Kigali, tralac’s Annual Conference will ta...
First Global Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference concludes with the Beijing Declaration
13 Feb 18 NewsThe First Global Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference, co-hosted by the World Customs Organization and the General Administration of China Customs (GACC), concluded in Beijing, China...