Op-ed
November 22, 2018 -
Dale Honeck, Frank Van Rompaey, Hang T.T. Tran
Can LDCs leverage tourism for manufacturing?
Tourism
To transform LDCs, turning tourism into new kinds of growth
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
June 20, 2018 -
Craig Atkinson
An Internet of Rules for all: Can "Trade Policy 3.0" foster inclusive trade?
Ecommerce
The distinctive character of trade policy 3.0 is that, in addition to “writing down the rules” of trade in natural language (trade policy 1.0) and use of “single window systems” that replicate paper-based delivery in the digital realm (trade policy 2.0), countries are able to publish computational rules to the Internet in a standard way
May 01, 2018 -
Giovanni Valensisi
Renewables in Least Developed Countries: More arrows in the quiver?
Environment
Ensuring universal access to energy will constitute a major challenge for least developed countries. What are the key considerations that these countries should keep in mind as they deploy efforts towards meeting this objective?
March 14, 2018 -
Anoush der Boghossian
Making Aid for Trade work for women
Women and trade
Studies show benefits of a more inclusive economic model
November 11, 2017 -
Ratnakar Adhikari
How is the EIF supporting LDCs to unleash their trade potential?
Trade facilitation
Inadequate institutional and productive capacities constitute major impediments to the participation of least developed countries in global trade. How is the Enhanced Integrated Framework supporting them, particularly in Africa, in their efforts to overcome these barriers and benefit more from trade?
November 11, 2017 -
Ratnakar Adhikari, Joe Natuman
Tourism as a way to lift the Pacific out of poverty
Tourism
Originally published on Thomson Reuters Foundation News
July 10, 2017 -
Lyonpo Lekey Dorji, Ratnakar Adhikari
Digital can lift the developing world out of poverty. Here's how
Trade facilitation
Originally published on 10 July 2017 in the World Economic Forum Agenda.
July 07, 2017 -
Axel Addy, Ratnakar Adhikari
Four ways Africa can achieve a manufacturing renaissance
Aid for Trade
Ratnakar Adhikari, EIF Executive Director, and Axel Addy, Minister for Commerce and Industry of Liberia
May 27, 2016 -
Amb Joakim Reiter, Ratnakar Adhikari
Four ways the world’s least developed countries can improve trade
Aid for Trade
This article was co-signed with Ambassador Joakim Reiter, UNCTAD's Deputy Secretary-General, and originally published on 27 May 2016 in the World Economic Forum Agenda