Telling the trade stories of least developed countries

The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Vanuatu to the WTO talks graduation journey, Covid-19 and climate resilience, and how leaving the LDC category means the work as only just started.

Trade practitioners discuss the country’s trade landscape, and what their daily work entails

With a sharp decline in tourism in 2020, what does the future look like?

The Enhanced Integrated Framework explores the work of its National Implementation Units in fragile and conflict-affected countries and looks at the role the units play in integrating trade into the rebuilding of these countries.

Urgent digital transformation is needed to create safe and secure cross border ecommerce customs clearance in the world’s poorest countries

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRPRI) Senior Research Fellow discusses the challenges and opportunities for food security in least developed countries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

The Trade Experettes founder discusses the blossoming global network of female experts from ‘all walks of trade’

EIF’s Steering Committee Chair talks donor priorities, laying the groundwork for investment in LDCs and more

International Monetary Fund (IMF) economists Martin Kaufman and Papa N’Diaye discuss trade, climate change mitigation and technology in Part II of their interview.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) economists Martin Kaufman and Papa N’Diaye discuss the impacts of the current trade tensions, and the prospects for developing economies in an unsteady global landscape.

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Senior Research Fellow discusses agriculture-based economies and how the current US-China trade situation is affecting the world’s poor

Deputy Director General in the Department of Planning and Cooperation at the Lao PDR Ministry of Industry and Commerce discusses harmonizing trade, regional integration and managing resources wisely

Then Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade, Ann Linde (now Minister for Foreign Affairs) discusses supporting developing country exports and the need to close the gender gap

A conversation with Richard Baldwin

On the sidelines of the Aid for Trade Global Review 2019, The Gambia’s Vice President discusses the potential of women in trade

Nepal’s Under Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies talks all things trade – online

Conquering a nut pollutant means lives and livelihoods saved in the process

Talking global value chains and trade integration, ahead of forthcoming World Bank report

The EIF Steering Committee Chair talks contemporary trade challenges and using resources the right way

Following UNCTAD’s Ecommerce Week in April 2019 and on the cusp of a new partnership with EIF to boost ecommerce, Rwanda’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva discusses the state of play for online trade in the country

Virtual connections, transparency and financing through one platform can make for just the right combination to support MSMEs

During UNCTAD’s Ecommerce Week in April 2019, Deputy Director General for International Trade at the Cambodia Ministry of Commerce talks all things e-trade

Following a recent visit to Rwanda with EIF, Netherlands Ambassador to the WTO and LDC Sub-Committee Chair Monique van Daalen discusses seeing the country’s cross border trade efforts in person, as well as the country’s policy in action

Increasing agricultural proceeds, processing and marketing are critical in Malawi’s development plans

The country is striving to enhance agro-processing, secure new markets and increase exports

The EIF’s Daria Shatskova talks development in the world’s poorest countries with UNDESA’s Daniel Gay

We need to be in the driver's seat of economic growth because it's important for us and for the next generation, and is the right pathway to trade with other countries. It's my duty to start doing some of the homework to facilitate 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)

Ahead of his departure from Geneva, Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the WTO and EIF Steering Committee Chair Daniel Blockert speaks of key sectors for impact in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the importance of sustainable solutions

In a country with a majority of the population cultivating small plots of land, empowering smallholder farmers is the key to economic success

The challenges with which African countries are faced in the context of ecommerce – and which hinder its development – are multifaceted

EIF Coordinators Hang Tran and Simon Hess interview Wanjira Mathai of wPOWER partnership on women's entrepreneurship in renewables

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) face obstacles to improving their trade capacity, but there are opportunities on the horizon