Tag: Trade policy

How can African countries and the international community overcome the existing challenges to building the poverty-reducing trade needed to meet the poverty-related Sustainable Dev...

Priority Trade Policy Actions to Support the 2030 Agenda and Transform African Livelihoods In September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developm...

This paper investigates the impact of trade specialization on poverty in developing countries. The findings show that trade specialization reduces poverty but only under specific p...

Following the vote for Brexit, the UK is facing a formidable challenge: designing a new trade policy to address its new strategic interests. Considering the different and frequentl...

Sixty-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 ...

The fourth Trade Policy Review of Zambia was held on 21 and 23 June 2016. The review shed light on areas requiring the Government’s attention, and possibly further reforms to hel...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commenced a three day workshop aimed at developing a Regional Services Policy, strengthen policy formulation, and identif...

The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Zambia took place on 21 and 23 June 2016. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by ...

The main challenge facing Angola in participating in international trade is the continued over-reliance on exports of one commodity, petroleum, which accounted for 99 per cent of t...

Since its independence in 1964, Zambia has been overly dependent on the production and export of copper and, initially, a few agricultural exports such as tobacco, maize and timber...

The 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 ...

Workshop on trade related matters: African Trade Policy Centre During the week of 16-20 May, the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) and partners held a week-long workshop on trade...

Fish is important to humanity and the environment in many respects. It is a particularly valuable resource for fishing nations and communities, especially in developing countries a...

This paper examines how trade policy institutions can mobilise to support the new digital economy of the 21st century. The paper begins by outlining the core enablers of the digita...

The third review of the trade policies and practices of Malawi takes place on 27 and 29 April 2016. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the ...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade Out of Poverty (APPG-TOP) received written submissions supporting the Inquiry into UK’s Africa Free Trade initiative from the following...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade Out of Poverty is undertaking an inquiry into the UK’s Africa Free Trade Initiative (AFTi), which was launched by the Prime Minister fi...

UNCTAD has been assisting Botswana to formulate a national trade policy framework, in order to make full use of the transformative power of trade for development. The document was ...

Experts launch bid to strenghten global trade at Davos The World Economic Forum and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development on Thursday, 21 January 2016 relea...

The fourth joint Trade Policy Review of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries, i.e. Botswana, the Kingdom of Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and the Kingdom of Swazil...