April 14, 2022 -

The partnership of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) has recently undertaken an evaluation of the initiative, from the birth of the EIF from the original Integrated Framework to late 2021.

October 12, 2021 -

Trade is key to sustainable development and growth. This knowledge can spur action from governments and businesses, but only if the word gets out.

July 27, 2021 -

In some least developed countries, COVID-19 causing a shift in tourism plans Lake Assal. The Moucha-Maskali Islands. Lake Abbé. Heard of them?

July 13, 2021 -

The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges Least Developed Countries (LDCs) face in accessing vital trade finance, as many have seen their local dollar liquidity shrink while foreign banks take a dimmer - and not always accurate - view of emerging market risk.

May 18, 2021 -

Expanding and diversifying productive capacities will better position least developed countries (LDCs) to tap the financing and e-trade opportunities that will underpin their Covid-19 recovery. This was a recurrent theme in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Least Developed Countries Report 2020, which cautioned however that the international community must first rally with resources, policy space and better international support measures.

May 04, 2021 -

Tourism, apparel and sustainable development strategies are covered in new series of policy briefs from the Enhanced Integrated Framework

April 13, 2021 -

Originally published by the OECD on 4th March.

March 17, 2021 -

A year into Covid-19 being declared a global pandemic, this month’s Aid for Trade stocktaking event, organized by the Development Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO), offers a timely opportunity to assess impact on developing and least developed countries’ (LDC) trade needs, discuss how to make the recovery sustainable and mobilize financing where it is needed most.

February 09, 2021 -

Seeing impacts in a complicated trade landscape requires learning and adapting

January 26, 2021 -

Guinea trying out south-south cooperation venture with Tunisia Trade in Guinea today centres mostly around the export of gold and bauxite, which is used to create aluminum. The country has the world’s largest deposits of the red rock, and aluminum prices are increasing.

September 23, 2020 -

New site making life easier for traders

August 31, 2020 -

In honor of former Enhanced Integrated Framework National Coordinator in Mali

August 26, 2020 -

Trade ministers in the Pacific approve the region’s first strategic framework on quality infrastructure

July 02, 2020 -

New tool offers actions to tackle the barriers to trade that women face

June 23, 2020 -

COVID-19 has led to a steep decline in business for operators in protected areas, coupled with a substantial drop in future booking requests.

June 09, 2020 -

Pandemic response highlights resilience of already-fragile countries

June 02, 2020 -

Supply chains are vulnerable, but there is also promise in new sectors for least developed countries

May 26, 2020 -

New report dives into the details of shifting treatment, export markets and more

April 21, 2020 -

A roundup of recent news on the global pandemic, covering issues facing some of the world’s poorest countries – and what they are doing

April 01, 2020 -

What are international institutions pledging in the wake of the pandemic?

February 04, 2020 -

Mainstreaming biodiversity across economic sectors is a key issue to be discussed at the CBD COP15 in China in 2020, where the post-2020 global biodiversity framework is due to be agreed upon.

January 14, 2020 -

Following rapid progress, up to 12 LDCs may leave the category in coming years. The countries involved include up to a quarter of the total LDC population.

December 12, 2019 -

New report delves into the trade data on agriculture on the continent, finding positive trends, points of concern and suggestions for the future

November 25, 2019 -

Well-managed trade in wild animals and plants can contribute to the conservation of the species.

November 14, 2019 -

Least developed countries (LDCs) have traditionally recorded persistent trade deficits.

October 30, 2019 -

The Enhanced Integrated Framework’s Trade for Development News is launching a new series of articles focusing on three major trade conversations happening today.

October 24, 2019 -

There are examples of sustainable, fair and ethical trade in products based on natural, biological resources and traditional knowledge.

September 30, 2019 -

Investment mobilization and technology transfers could increase incomes, and enable value addition

September 03, 2019 -

Without action, one out of every four people living in LDCs will be offline due to the lack of digital skills

August 08, 2019 -

In this issue: "Tentative steps to implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in least developed countries", "Economic diversification: Why trade matters", and "Fisheries subsidies negotiations: What is at stake for least developed countries?"

June 27, 2019 -

The current trading environment is inadequately supportive to contribute to growth, boost incomes, create jobs through new market access opportunities and reduce poverty.

June 25, 2019 -

Aid for trade can support women’s economic empowerment, which is key to sustainable development.

June 17, 2019 -

The relative importance of trade and the degree of export concentration are higher than average in fragile least developed countries (LDCs).

June 11, 2019 -

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will transform the way Africa trades, with intra-African trade expected to increase by 15-25 per cent, and the boost to trade in industrial goods accelerating diversification of Africa’s economies.

May 29, 2019 -

Fisheries are a crucial source of animal protein, livelihoods and export earnings for many developing countries, including several least developed countries.

May 14, 2019 -

See what lies ahead at the biennial Aid for Trade event in July 2019

March 08, 2019 -

Addressing trade in its many forms, EIF partnership creating sustainable impacts

October 29, 2018 -

The results of the Enhanced Integrated Framework in 2017

October 03, 2018 -

ePing platform helping countries keep track of assorted requirements, transforming communication and comment

September 17, 2018 -

Strategic alliances and alignments are key to making trade in agriculture work, for all

September 12, 2018 -

In some of the most impoverished countries in the world, agriculture is the backbone of the economy

August 06, 2018 -

What do a mountainous landlocked country, a post-war African nation, and three small island developing states have in common?

July 19, 2018 -

The current low use of ecommerce in Solomon Islands belies significant potential for the sector to grow swiftly and make economic and socioeconomic contributions to the country

June 08, 2018 -

A study published two years ago — the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) update — has helped to push forward the Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s reform agenda, by providing a roadmap for how the small African and Arab country can strategically diversify its exports to grow its wealth and reduce poverty

May 14, 2018 -

A new book on sanitary and phytosanitary gaps from the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) highlights ways to support farmers, processors, traders and governments in developing countries to access global markets

April 09, 2018 -

Forty-four African countries have signed on to an African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), twenty-eight of which are among the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

March 08, 2018 -

Working in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)—informal mining activities carried out using minimal technology or machinery—provides livelihoods for millions of people

February 21, 2018 -

The WTO's Trade Policy Review of The Gambia, taking place within the first year of the new administration, was an opportune time to reflect on the state of the economy and deliberate on the type of policies and actions that could help the country better participate in global trade

February 13, 2018 -

Burkina Faso's cashew sector has been re-made, as a matter of national priority.

January 23, 2018 -

Project strengthens value chains of vanilla, clove and ylang ylang in the Union of the Comoros Originally posted at ITC News

November 10, 2017 -

The Pacific Island nation of Samoa has made considerable progress in recent years in getting businesses and consumers online but still faces challenges before being fully ready to benefit from e-commerce, an UNCTAD and EIF assessment of the country says.

July 19, 2016 -

Nairobi, 19 July 2016

December 20, 2015 -

Developing eco-friendly business solutions for rural households

November 17, 2015 -

Oumar is one of the 370,500 people in Mali producing gum arabic, among which 80% (296,400) are women.

October 12, 2015 -

In his opening remarks at the "Twenty years of supporting the integration of least developed countries into the multilateral trading system" event, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo reminded WTO members of the importance that the EIF Pledging Conference for Phase Two of the EIF be a success.

March 06, 2014 -

New UNCTAD-EIF study of the fisheries sector in The Gambia shows trade policies have to be inclusive if they are to reduce poverty