Tag: Value Chains
DDG Wolff highlights role of WTO in facilitating agri-food chains
14 May 19 NewsThe World Trade Organisation (WTO’s) rules-based framework benefits farmers and other participants in nascent and developing agri-food value chains by facilitating their daily op...
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09 May 19 NewsTwo to Tango: An evaluation of World Bank Group support to fostering regional integration (World Bank)
This evaluation assesses the Bank Group’s effectiveness and comparative ad...
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03 May 19 NewsDiarise: The G-20 Niigata Agricultural Summit (11-12 May) on the theme Toward Sustainable Agro-Food Sector – emerging issues and good practices
Japan’s trade insurance to cove...
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25 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: Gender considerations in trade agreements (28 March, Geneva). The workshop is organized by Iceland, Botswana and UNCTAD in cooperation with the WTO. It will explore the ro...
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24 Jan 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, Ambassador Albert Muchanga: Good news! The threshold is within grasp! Parliament of Senegal approved ratification of AfCFTA Agreement yesterday. Se...
Africa trade and technology
15 Jan 19 NewsIntroduction
It is perceived that economic nationalism has slowed the meteoric rise of global trade. Since the Uruguay Round created the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, tr...
African Union Commission launches the first Africa Industrialization Week to promote regional value chains development in Africa
23 Nov 18 NewsThe AUC Department of Trade and Industry organised the inaugural Africa Industrialisation Week (AIW) from 19-23 November 2018 at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa.
The...
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18 Oct 18 NewsA new tralac Trade Brief: Intra-African trade – focusing on trade within Regional Economic Communities
This paper gives an overview of the trade within the eight RECs recognised...
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05 Oct 18 NewsNext week, in Nairobi: Seventh Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (10-12 October)
The World Bank, IMF Annual Meetings take place next week in Indonesia:
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G20 Trade Ministers call on revitalizing the international trade system
16 Sep 18 NewsIn spite of the current international trade environment, the G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting ended in Mar del Plata on Friday afternoon with a ministerial statement th...
SA to participate in G20 trade ministers’ meeting
11 Sep 18 NewsChanges brought on by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the rise of inclusive global value chains will be at the centre of the G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting, that gets underway...
Manufacturing sector evolving
23 Aug 18 NewsKwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Sihle Zikalala says the changes in trade, technology, organisation of production and product demand have a...
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21 Aug 18 NewsTransnational corporations, business practices and human rights: DIRCO consultation starts today in Johannesburg, ahead of treaty negotiations at the UN
Diarise: The Fourth Invest...
Supporting Lesotho’s economic diversification and trade integration: Structural transformation through greater export competitiveness
10 Aug 18 NewsThis report provides a multifaceted diagnostic overview of Lesotho’s export competitiveness, including an assessment of medium-term impacts of potential trade policy changes, bas...
Trade logistics gap persists between developed and developing countries
25 Jul 18 NewsReport finds advanced economies remain leaders on trade logistics
Advanced economies remain the global leaders in trade logistics, finds Connecting to Compete, a new Wor...
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16 Jul 18 NewsFeatured tweet, @WTOAccessions: Did you know that 9 of the 22 countries in the queue for WTO membership are from the African continent? Download: Latest WTO Accessions Newsletter, ...
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13 Jul 18 NewsThe Ministerial session of the Sectoral Council of Ministers Responsible for EAC Affairs and Planning takes place tomorrow in Burundi.
African Business interview with Prof Carlos ...
AGOA remains critical in developing regional value chains in Africa
13 Jul 18 NewsThe Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies participated in the opening day of the 17th Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum being held in Washington DC from 11-12 ...
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03 Jul 18 NewsUpdated: tralac’s AfCFTA Ratification Barometer
UNU-WIDER has posted an early view of the forthcoming book Industries without Smoke-stacks: Industrialization in Africa reconside...
World Bank Group increases support for regional integration in sub-Saharan Africa
22 Jun 18 NewsTitled “Supporting Africa’s Transformation”, the World Bank’s new Africa Regional Integration and Cooperation Assistance Strategy for the period FY18-FY23 will pr...