Pacific Private Sector Engagement in Trade and PACER Plus
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View ArticlePACIR Côte d'Ivoire - Appui institutionnel et opérational pour...
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View ArticlePrime Minister of Grenada welcomes greater private sector involvement in...
The National Coordinating Committee is tasked with making the nutmeg sector development strategy a reality, using a participatory methodology and monitoring its implementation. It's members include...
View ArticleEconomic Partnership Agreements: what are the implications?
ITC’s Trade Support and Regional Integration Programme for the Côte d’Ivoire (PACIR) will on 7 and 8 June host a workshop in Abidjan to inform and discuss about the commercial aspects and implications...
View ArticlePeruvian companies face barriers to trade in EU and US
A recent ITC survey of 960 Peruvian companies shows that 40% face challenges related to non-tariff measures (NTMs), mostly in their major export markets in the United States of America, the European...
View ArticleMinisterial praise for NUCAFE’s strategic plan
Tress Buchanayandi, Uganda’s Minister for Agriculture, on 31 July launched the five-year strategic plan of the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE), which is designed...
View ArticleBusiness associations in Africa: what are their potentials?
ITC has recently completed studies that identify business association in selected African regions and assess their capacity and areas of interest on trade policy issues and business advocacy. The three...
View ArticleDe-fragmenting Africa: Regional trade integration in goods and services
Regional integration in Africa has long been recognized as essential to addressing issues related to the small economic size of many countries and the often arbitrarily drawn borders that pay little...
View ArticleAfrica regional public-private forum on aid for trade
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View ArticlePACT 2 - ECOWAS Regional Private Sector Apex Bodies for Public-Private Dialogue
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View ArticleDeveloping Countries Urged to Focus on the Value of Exports Rather Than Volume
Focusing on the value of exports rather than simply their volume is a key means for developing countries to survive and prosper in times of economic crisis, said Patricia R. Francis, ITC's Executive...
View ArticleA more dynamic and transformative South-South trade
South-South trade has grown steadily over the last decade to become an important feature of international trade. Growth has been rapid and has tended to cover a broader range of products than...
View ArticleExport quality management programme: ITC overcoming technical barriers to trade
Quality is a prerequisite for successful market access and increasing revenues from export, but meeting technical requirements in the international marketplace is a challenge for many exporters.
View ArticlePre-packaged goods: Product quantity certification scheme
Pre-packaged commodities are estimated to account for more than 75% of the total value of traded commodities worldwide. However, exports of many pre-packaged consumer products from developing countries...
View ArticleEmpowering Women, Powering Trade: ITC and WTO celebrate the 100th anniversary...
On the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day in March 2011, ITC celebrated the successes women have made in trade. At an event co-hosted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), ITC recognized...
View ArticleBlueprint for new tourism: A partnership model
In its blueprint for new tourism, the World Travel & Tourism Council promotes the importance of partnerships for sustainable tourism development. With global travel and tourism forecast to grow...
View ArticleUnlocking potential: Cambodia, Burundi, Turkey
The 2011 World Export Development Forum explored how least developed countries can make tourism work towards poverty reduction. At the 2011 World Export Development Forum (WEDF), high-level leaders...
View ArticleFeeding the hungry: The role of Aid for Trade
According to a recent inter-agency report, about 16% of the world’s population is chronically undernourished. Aid for Trade is making a contribution to addressing the problem, but much more needs to be...
View ArticleThe advantage of awareness in accessing foreign markets: Tunisian...
Tunisia has a flourishing agri-food products industry, with a growing reputation for quality. Some 10.8% of the labour force was employed in agriculture in 2010, contributing to the fight against...
View ArticleThe World Bank’s ICT innovations for accountability and service delivery
In an increasingly connected world, creative uses of technology provide new opportunities to enable two-way information flows between governments and citizens. Through its ICT Knowledge Platform on...
View ArticleTraining course in the Philippines on trade policy for private and public...
A four-day training course on Trade Policy and Negotiations took place at the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) between 25 and 28 October, 2011, in Manila...
View ArticleTraining course on regional integration for Pakistani policymakers
Under the EU-funded Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA II) programme, a two day training course on “Regional integration - Comparative legal framework” was conducted on 16-17 November 2011 at the...
View ArticleEconomic integration in Asia-Pacific
Three years after the financial crisis, the global economy remains weak, and fears of another recession persist. The euro zone debt crisis, a slowdown in the United States economy and volatile food and...
View ArticleAid for Trade strategy in the Pacific
Just 100,000 people live within the Republic of Kiribati’s 3.5 million square kilometre territory in the South Pacific. Kiribati is one of the most remote countries in the world, thousands of...
View ArticleTowards an economic community in Southeast Asia
Asia’s coming of age has been the development story of the past 40 years. The reasons for this are varied, but some of the more significant factors have been knowledge exchange, technology transfer,...
View ArticleAspiration vs. reality: Local perspectives on regional trade
While certain proponents of global free trade may disagree, regional trade blocs offer a compelling model for economic development. By removing barriers to trade within a region – harmonizing...
View ArticleSouth-South cooperation with ITC facilitation
Introduced in the early 1900s, cotton farming in Kenya did not expand greatly until the 1970s. At that time, cotton was identified by the government as a crucial crop to fight poverty in the country,...
View ArticleLDC trade ministers discuss the benefits of WTO membership and the need for...
Least Developed Countries need to become more active in WTO negotiations to reap the full benefits of accession, need to improve the business environment for small and medium size enterprises and show...
View ArticleResponding to global trade challenges necessitates a rethink in approaches
Innovative ways of thinking are necessary in order to respond to the ever-changing global economy, according to Patricia R. Francis, Executive Director of ITC. In her speech during the opening session...
View ArticleITC launches new book Public-Private Collaboration for Export Success - Case...
ITC has recently launched a new book titled Public-Private Collaboration for Export Success - Case studies from Barbados, Ghana, India, Thailand and Malaysia. ITC commissioned the case studies in the...
View ArticleITC to assist Tajikistan in WTO accession process
ITC Executive Director, Patricia Francis, today welcomed representatives from the Tajikistan government and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to ITC headquarters for the signing...
View ArticleConference on business and humanitarian issues meets in Geneva, Switzerland
Speaking at a conference focused on the subject of harnessing the potential for the private sector to have a positive impact on development, ITC Executive Director, Patricia Francis, outlined her view...
View ArticleBoosting trade policy in Pakistan
The experiences of countries around the world demonstrate that sound trade policies and public-private dialogue are essential to successful exporting. In Pakistan, sustainable trade expansion is...
View ArticlePolicy recommendations stemming from Public-Private Dialogue formally...
The Co-chair of the Public Private Dialogue Steering Committee (PPDSC) and Director General of the Pakistan Institute of Trade And Development (PITAD) formally submitted to the Government of Pakistan...
View ArticleTripartite free-trade deal could boost trade across Africa
The on-going negotiations on a free-trade agreement between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community...
View ArticleSouth Sudan wants ITC to help boost private-sector growth
As part of its work to build institutional capacities for the private sector and improve trade, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan at a recent high-level meeting in Juba asked ITC to assist...
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