August 10, 2018 - Aja Fatoumata C.M. Jallow-Tambajang, Yonov Frederick Agah

Don't shut trade down, make it truly inclusive

Aid for Trade

Why we must stand behind the rules-based global trading system now, more than ever

August 10, 2018 -

Video address of Director-General Roberto Azevêdo to participants of the EIF Global Forum

Aid for Trade

WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo addresses welcome message to participants of Global Forum on Inclusive Trade for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

August 10, 2018 - Lisa Cornish

Using trade as a tool for development

Aid for Trade

Improving economic opportunities and prospects for the world’s least developed countries remains a key global challenge

July 31, 2018 - Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)

Outcome statement: The Global Forum on Inclusive Trade for LDCs

Aid for Trade

The Forum, which was held from 13 to 14 June 2018 at the World Trade Organization (WTO), fostered practical solutions, offered results-oriented theoretical discussions, presented on-the-ground successes, and supported an innovative call to ramp up actions on inclusive trade for LDCs

July 23, 2018 -

Continuing the conversation on inclusive trade for Least Developed Countries

Aid for Trade

The closing ceremony echoed the Call to Action launched at the Forum, taking inclusive trade for LDCs to the next level

July 13, 2018 - Ratnakar Adhikari

Strategic partnership for trade development: The EIF and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Aid for Trade

14 June 2018, 12:30-13:30   Mr Ratnakar Adhikari Executive Director of the Executive Secretariat for the EIF   H.E. Ms Merewalesi Falemaka, H.E. Mr Eloi Laourou,

July 09, 2018 -

Forging new paths for LDCs in multilateral and regional trade

Aid for Trade

This plenary session gathered ministerial-level officials from LDCs and high-level speakers to discuss the integration of LDCs into regional and global trading systems amid economic and political risk and uncertainty

July 05, 2018 -

Minding the trade gap: What lies ahead for Least Developed Countries

Aid for Trade

In the last two decades, there has been a boom in world trade driven by large reductions in trade barriers and unprecedented interlinkages among countries, and South-South trade has grown. Yet the world's poorest nations, designated Least Developed Countries (LDCs), engage in less than 1% of global trade while home to 13% of the world’s population

July 05, 2018 - Michelle Kovacevic, Violeta Gonzalez

World’s poorest nations take lead on trade

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For the first time, an alliance of African countries have called for targeted action to strengthen the trade capacity of the world’s poorest countries and enhance their position in global and regional markets

July 03, 2018 - ICTSD

Five questions to Least Developed Country governments about inclusive trade

Aid for Trade

Bridges Africa and Passerelles discussed trade and sustainable development with Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, Vice President of The Gambia, Kamrang Tekreth, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia, and Hassan Come, Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Central African Republic (CAR)