New approaches to feeding the world’s population
Development aid has targeted food security and agri-business for more than 40 years, but has yet to succeed in overcoming the imbalance between supply and demand. Nor has it made much impact on...
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 ArticleServices sector export development strategy for Pakistan discussed during ITC...
The first PPD on Services Sector Export Development Strategy for Pakistan took place in Islamabad on 27 October 2011 within the framework of the European Union (EU) funded Trade Related Technical...
View ArticleThe shape of globalization: China’s remarkable role
Ten years ago, China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). Its membership and integration into the world economy had a huge – and hugely underestimated – positive impact on global prosperity....
View ArticlePoised for WTO membership: the Russian Federation
When I opened the 31st formal, and final, Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, jubilation and excitement were in the air. It was among the most eagerly awaited events at...
View ArticleEthiopia has edge over other poor nations in bid to join WTO, Lamy says
Ethiopia has a better chance of becoming a member of the World Trade Organization than any other least-developed country, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said. This is largely due to Ethiopia's status...
View ArticleOne year on - Partnership agreement with the Pakistan Institute of Trade and...
The Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development (PITAD), the World Trade Institute (WTI) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) met on 20 January 2012 at WTI in Bern, Switzerland, to review progress...
View ArticlePinning down policies for international investment
Despite turmoil in the global economy, global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose by 17% in 2011 to US$ 1.5 trillion. This sum surpassed average global FDI before the 2008 financial crisis. However,...
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 ArticleOpening government procurement to women’s enterprises
In a little more than a century, 40 women have won the Nobel Prize, and there is a steady improvement in the representation of women in national parliaments worldwide. Women have achieved levels of...
View ArticleTajiks prepare for next step in WTO membership talks
ITC’s efforts to help Tajikistan implement domestic reforms in order to become a full member of the World Trade Organization are moving ahead steadily. On 21-23 may, ITC staff co-hosted a series of...
View ArticleITC welcomes Russia and Vanuatu as WTO members
The Russian Federation on 22 August became the 156th member of the World Trade Organization, putting an end to the accession process that started in June 1993. With Russia as a member of the trade...
View ArticleTrade and public policies: A closer look at non-tariff measures in the 21st...
The World Trade Organization's (WTO) World Trade Report 2012 takes a fresh look at non-tariff measures (NTMs). NTMs are nothing new, they have existed since countries started to trade and been subject...
View ArticleUnderstanding NTMs means understanding trade interests
Understanding the policy implications of non-tariff measures (NTMs) is crucial to policymakers and researchers for them to defend the trade interests of Pakistan, according to Mr Tahir Maqsood,...
View ArticlePrivate sector and government cooperation key to maximising benefits from...
That was the message at a meeting earlier this month where representatives from private sector associations and government ministries and agencies met to discuss Liberia’s bid for WTO membership. At...
View ArticleEthiopia’s business to play bigger role in WTO accession effort
Ethiopia should assess the potential benefits of liberalization of its services sector as a means to fulfil its own ambitions for growth and development in the upcoming negotiations for the country’s...
View ArticlePrivate sector needs greater voice in African trade integration talks
Private sector forum on eve of African Union summit urges business partnerships ahead of politics. As African nations strive to achieve closer integration in trade in response to the global economic...
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