Op-ed
August 22, 2019 -
Ahmat Mahamat Bachir, Ratnakar Adhikari
Aid for trade must focus on the poorest, most fragile countries
In the last two decades, the international community has banded together many times to strategize a way forward that will bring peace, prosperity, and sustainable development for all.
August 15, 2019 -
Violeta Gonzalez, Fabrice Lehmann
5 ways to boost sustainable trade in the world’s poorest countries
Originally published by World Economic Forum Agenda on 4 July 2019
July 01, 2019 -
Deanna Ramsay, Violeta Gonzalez
4 ways to empower women in the world's poorest countries
Originally published by World Economic Forum Agenda on 24 June 2019
November 22, 2018 -
Dale Honeck, Frank Van Rompaey, Hang T.T. Tran
Can LDCs leverage tourism for manufacturing?
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
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?
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?
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
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?
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
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
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
Originally published on 7 July 2017 in the World Economic Forum Agenda
May 27, 2016 -
Amb Joakim Reiter, Ratnakar Adhikari
Four ways the world’s least developed countries can improve trade
Originally published on 27 May 2016 in the World Economic Forum Agenda