Tag: Value Chains
Think Tank Meeting on Intra-Regional Fish Trade in Africa: Communiqué
14 Aug 17 NewsFrom 2nd to 4th August 2017, the beautiful city of Abuja in the Federal Republic of Nigeria hosted a Think Tank Meeting on Intra-regional Fish Trade in Africa in the cont...
37th SADC Summit: Harnessing public-private partnerships
14 Aug 17 NewsThe 37th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held in Pretoria, South Africa will deliberate on a wide range of issues including exploring ways of harnessing the...
2017 African Caucus Meeting of Governors of the IMF and World Bank Group: Gaborone Declaration
08 Aug 17 NewsHaving met in Gaborone, the Republic of Botswana, at our 2017 African Caucus Meeting on August 3-4, hosted and chaired by Honourable Ontefetse Kenneth Matambo, Minister of Finance ...
Localisation in infrastructure critical to the development of SADC region
04 Aug 17 NewsLocalisation in infrastructure development in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is critical to industrialisation.
This was said by the Chief Director of Afr...
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28 Jul 17 NewsStarting on Monday: 2nd SADC Industrialisation Week: Partnering with the private sector in developing industry and regional value chains. Southern Africa Trust briefing
37th Ordin...
Secretary-General highlights challenges posed by trade fragmentation
28 Jul 17 NewsTrade governance structures must be “fit for purpose” to address the changing global landscape and benefit Commonwealth member countries, Secretary-General Patricia Scotland ha...
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11 Jul 17 NewsPosted: The Little Green Data Book 2017 (based on World Development Indicators 2017 and its online database)
Underway, in New York: ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum review of 203...
More inclusive global value chains can advance productivity and growth in developing countries
11 Jul 17 NewsGlobal value chains are transforming world trade, but must be more inclusive if they are to deliver greater benefits to developing countries and smaller companies, according to a n...
The impact of Economic Partnership Agreements on the development of African value chains
05 Jul 17 NewsThe Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) concluded by the European Union (EU) with regional blocs of African countries (and certain individual African countries) are supposed to ...
Trade Policy Review: Nigeria
13 Jun 17 NewsThe fifth review of the trade policies and practices of Nigeria takes place on 13 and 15 June 2017. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the ...
Integrate Africa: a multidimensional perspective
01 Jun 17 NewsRegional integration serves as an essential conduit for overcoming barriers and harnessing complementarities across countries. It enables sharing of resources and assets among coun...
Action Plan for SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap
29 May 17 NewsExecutive summary
At its Extra-Ordinary Summit, held on 29 April 2015, in Harare, Zimbabwe, the SADC Leaders adopted the SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap 2015-2063. The...
Duty to protect SA steel industry
09 May 17 NewsTrade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday he has signed off on a safeguard duty for hot rolled coil steel, but said the measure was subject to informing the World Trade...
Challenges and opportunities experienced by small economies when linking into global value chains in trade in goods and services
03 May 17 NewsIntroduction
At the Ninth Ministerial Conference in Bali, Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the Work Programme on Small Economies and instructed the WTO Secretariat to pro...
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25 Apr 17 NewsToday, in London:
International Development Committee hearing on Forced displacement and food crises in Central and East Africa
Next week, in Nairobi:
the Asian African Legal Co...
Fostering regional value chains and policy coordination in Southern Africa
11 Apr 17 NewsUNCTAD and the Department for Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa jointly organized a regional workshop on regional value chains and policy coordination in Southern ...
Lesotho’s textiles, apparel and footwear manufacturing industry
09 Apr 17 NewsAfrica’s inspired apparel sourcing hotspot
Employment, wages & working conditions
The combined, textile, apparel and footwear manufacturing industry remains Lesotho’s lar...
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22 Mar 17 NewsStarting today, in Stellenbosch: ICTSD workshop Leveraging services and digital potential for inclusive economic growth
Concluding today, in Geneva: UNCTAD’s Oceans Forum on tra...
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22 Feb 17 NewsArvind Subramanian: The WTO reborn? (Project Syndicate)
For too long, the World Trade Organization has languished, to lift a reference from T.S. Eliot, by the “waters of Leman...
Policy uncertainty weighs on world trade
22 Feb 17 NewsNew report links increased policy uncertainty and maturing global value chains to weakened trade growth in 2016
Global trade growth continued to be slow for the fifth consecutive ...