March 24, 2020 -

A compendium of recent news on the global pandemic and what some of the world’s poorest countries are doing

March 02, 2020 -

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

February 11, 2020 -

The latest version of the Global Trade Alert, which monitors state interventions that affect world commerce, explores whether developing country access to large overseas markets has changed during the current era of populism.

January 31, 2020 -

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

January 21, 2020 -

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.

January 07, 2020 -

In order to be effective, existing and future home country outward FDI measures need to be customised to the needs and realities of LDCs.

December 09, 2019 -

There is urgent need to better understand trade and climate change linkages in the context of least developed countries (LDCs).

December 02, 2019 -

Least developed countries (LDCs) confront a challenging global trade landscape, from slower long-term growth rates and rising protectionism to a weakening nexus between trade and GDP growth.

November 20, 2019 -

Despite impressive progress in the negotiations, it is still not possible to trade under the AfCFTA as the negotiations of preferential tariff concessions and rules of origin have not been completed.

October 31, 2019 -

The international system governing the environment and economy is under pressure, but it is in trade where least developed countries (LDCs) may lose most from cracks in the global order.

October 16, 2019 -

With the spotlight on the Sino-US tariff war, a worrying trade policy dynamic implicating many countries has been overlooked.

April 23, 2019 -

Digital system set to streamline procedures for trade from LDCs to the EU

January 28, 2019 -

In countries where farming sustains families and economies, sustainable trade in agricultural products means everything

August 26, 2018 -

Targeting soy and groundnuts for export, the country and its farmers are seeing rewards

August 13, 2018 -

Three tiny, volcanic Indian Ocean islands are producing 60% of the world's supply of ylang-ylang

July 27, 2018 -

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

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

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 12, 2018 -

In scales and makeup of trade negotiations, for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) there is more than meets the eye

January 25, 2018 -

You may not expect a graduate of an arts degree to say that a trade policy course was their favourite subject, but if you ask Zondwayo Duma from Zambia, that’s exactly what he’ll tell you

November 11, 2017 -

Originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation News

July 26, 2017 -

Key insights from the event titled "The EIF: Championing Change Through Inclusive Trade," held on the side-lines of the Global Review of Aid for Trade at the World Trade Organization in Geneva from 11 to 13 July 2017.

February 24, 2016 -

Representatives of the national Government, public and private institutions, donors and international organizations met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23 to 24 February 2016 for a two‑day workshop to discuss the results of the Update of the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) for Ethiopia and validate the priority actions to address opportunities and constraints for Ethiopia's better integration into the global trading system.