Tag: Least Developed Countries
tralac’s Daily News Selection
13 Jan 17 NewsStarting, Sunday, in Cape Town: the inaugural UN World Data Forum
Learning to Compete: evidence on exporting and firm-level performance (UNU-WIDER)
This Special Issue by the Jour...
Roads to stronger growth in low-income countries
13 Jan 17 NewsLow-income countries should build more infrastructure to strengthen growth. A new IMF analysis looks at ways to overcome obstacles.
The clock is now ticking on the 2030 Agend...
African integration: Facing up to emerging challenges
09 Jan 17 NewsLeast developed countries (LDCs) and low-income countries, particularly in Africa, have been enjoying a sustained period of economic growth and macroeconomic stability. Nevertheles...
G20 policies and least developed countries’ export performance
06 Jan 17 NewsKey Indicators and Trends in Trade Policy 2016 – G20 policies and LDCs’ export performance
During the last decade international trade has been characterized by a progress...
Finance and development
04 Jan 17 ThemesFinancial services, foreign investment, and international aid are essential for improved trade and long-term development in poor economies. tralac’s work in this area examines ho...
Sustainable development: EU sets out its priorities
23 Nov 16 NewsOn Tuesday, 22 November, the European Commission set out a strategic approach for achieving sustainable development in Europe and around the world. It also set out how it plan...
The EU’s new offer to Africa
29 Sep 16 NewsThe European Commission’s plan for a multi-billion African investment vehicle was one of few highlights in Jean-Claude Juncker’s often turgid state of the Union speech earlier ...
Market access for products and services of export interest to least developed countries: Summary of recent developments
26 Sep 16 NewsExecutive summary
LDC exports of goods and services grew by an annual average of 7.6% over the 2005-2015 period and, thus, slightly more than the exports of other developing econo...
Industrialization in Africa and least developed countries: A report to the G20 Development Working Group by UNIDO
06 Sep 16 NewsIn the run-up to the 11th G20 Summit taking place in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, on 4 and 5 September, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) published a new...
Activities undertaken by UNCTAD in support of Africa, May 2015 – April 2016
31 Aug 16 NewsSixty-third executive session of the Trade and Development Board, 27-29 September 2016
Agenda items for the meeting of the Board include presentation of the report on UNCTAD ...
Fifth Meeting of Trade Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries: Geneva Ministerial Declaration
30 Jun 16 News
We, the Ministers and officials responsible for trade of the Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), have met in Geneva, Switzerland on 23 and 24 June 2016 and have held our del...
Third Trade Policy Review of Malawi: Minutes of the Meeting
08 Jun 16 NewsThe third Trade Policy Review of Malawi was held on 27 and 29 April 2016, providing a good opportunity for Members to discuss in greater detail issues of interest to them and ...
10th WTO Ministerial Conference – Nairobi: Resource box
13 Dec 15 NewsWTO members concluded their Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi on 19 December by securing an historic agreement on a series of trade initiatives. The “Nairobi Package” pay...
New study: Assessment of economic benefits generated by the EU trade regimes towards the developing countries
07 Jul 15 NewsIt is a well-known fact that EU trade policy is a significant tool for development policy. Indeed, the EU has a long tradition of granting preferential access into its market for e...
New World Bank Group report charts road map for financial inclusion
12 Nov 13 NewsLow-income populations benefit the most from technological innovations such as mobile payments, mobile banking, and borrower identification based on fingerprinting and iris scans, ...
EAC states not ready for TRIPS, ask for extension
07 Mar 13 NewsThe East African Community (EAC) partner states should ask the World Trade Organisation to unconditionally accord the Least Developed Group (LDC) an extension of the transition per...
Reforming the Rules of Origin for Least Developed Countries
11 May 11 PublicationsOver the past four decades Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have received preferential access to the markets of most of the major developed countries under various Generalised Syst...
The World Trade Organisation: an African Perspective, more than a decade later
19 Jan 10 PublicationsThe current Round of trade negotiations is the first ‘Development Round’. Given the challenges of addressing development issues in the context of trade negotiations in the WTO ...
Workshop on Aid for Trade and the Doha Agenda: Implications for Southern Africa, 23-24 August 2006
25 Aug 06 EventOn 23 to 24 August 2006, the South African National Treasury, the Commonwealth Secretariat (Comsec) and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) organized a wor...