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The Twenty Year Review was launched by President Jacob Zuma on 11 March 2014. The Review reflects on how the country has progressed since the dawn of democracy in 1994, the challen...

World Trade Organization’s Development Division Director Shishir Priyadarshi on Monday stated that the two key dimensions to development cooperation is its effectiveness and sust...

It is my pleasure to share with you UNCTAD’s twelfth Investment Policy Monitor. The Monitor finds that twenty five countries took thirty six investment policy measures in the re...

The economic weight of Southern actors at the global level over the last two decades has been unprecedented in speed and scale. Whilst growth levels of western economies plummeted...

On Friday 7 March 2014, South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, delivered a presentation on South Africa’s Trade Policy and Strategic Framework to th...

Healthy ties and improved infrastructure make the African continent ripe and right for Indian industry The African continent today represents new horizons and opportunities for In...

Growing middle-class leading consumption drive in rapid-growth markets Across the rapid-growth markets there will be nearly 200 million middle-class households by 2022 up from 94 ...

Background Despite numerous resolutions made by African leaders, the African integration process has been marked by slow progress due to differences in political commitment vis-à...

New UNCTAD-EIF study of the fisheries sector in The Gambia shows trade policies have to be inclusive if they are to reduce poverty. The expansion of the fisheries sector could hel...

African government efforts to force mining companies to process minerals before export may backfire as they come up against weakening commodity prices and investor demands that fir...

The article aptly titled “SACU Dead Man Walking” giving a SACU Perspective by Professor Roman Grynberg needs further reflection and critical insight. There is no denying the f...

High Representative (HR) of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht today [5 March, 2014] proposed an integrated EU...

EAC launches Common Market Score Card 2014 in Dar es Salaam The East African Common Market Score Card has revealed that the United Republic of Tanzania is the most active in remov...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have joined forces to assist developing countries in the implementation of ...

EU trade ministers meeting in Athens last week pledged their full support to the ongoing trade talks with the US, as part of a broader push on both sides to allay concerns from pub...

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights has said it has no authority in the fight to fully reinstate the Southern African human rights Tribunal, which was suspended a...

The East African Community Secretariat and European Union Delegation to the United Republic of Tanzania and to the EAC today signed a Financing Agreement totaling 4.45 Million Euro...

The United States and Europe are poised to create the world’s largest Free Trade Area under the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The negotiations ...

Experts have cautioned the government to be careful in handling foreign investors coming to the country offering contracts without transparency. Participating in a debate organize...

Namibia is among eight African countries in the Southern African region that have been recognised among the top 20 “most exciting African mineral jurisdictions”. An investment...