November 15, 2022 -

Along with the damage posed to ecosystem and human health, climate change is already affecting what and how countries trade with one another. For instance, changing temperatures and weather patterns have an impact on crop yields, and therefore agricultural trade. Climate change can cause severe and costly disruptions to trade-related infrastructure, as sea level rises threaten seaports and rising temperatures affect and degrade railways. Tourism is another sector that is both crucial for trade and where changing weather conditions are affecting where people travel and the infrastructure that tourism relies on.

February 08, 2022 -

Ratnakar Adhikari (EIF) and Taffere Tesfachew (UNTBLDC) discuss how LDCs can benefit from technology on their path towards structural transformation.

December 14, 2021 -

How can LDCs be supported to improve their trade performance and sustainably raise their share of trade in the global economy?

February 16, 2021 -

Multinationals and governments need to recognize the trade world’s interconnectedness, and its impact

November 19, 2020 -

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

October 07, 2020 -

With digital conference covering the major topics in global trade, what matters for the world’s poorest countries?

October 01, 2020 -

In trade for development, more female trainers could make a big difference

September 14, 2020 -

New paper looks at the supply chain dimension of African trade during and post-COVID

August 26, 2020 -

Like the Pacific, independence from colonialism is what kickstarted the development of Quality Infrastructure in the Caribbean.

July 14, 2020 -

Although LDCs are home to 13.3% of the world’s population, their share of COVID-19-related medical imports is just 1%.

July 06, 2020 -

Government and private sector worked together to create jobs in new ‘industry’

June 24, 2020 -

Originally published in OECD-Development Matters on 28 April 2020

April 27, 2020 -

Trade ministers are playing an essential role in the pandemic response

April 09, 2020 -

Poverty, inequality and exclusion are key factors contributing to the devastating effects of COVID-19 on all African countries.

April 01, 2020 -

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

March 26, 2020 -

The possibility of reconfiguring manufacturing processes through new digital technologies and data provides opportunities to reboot industrial development in least developed countries.

March 18, 2020 -

The right trade policies would help the world combat current pandemic

February 27, 2020 -

Originally published in World Economic Forum Agenda on 10 February 2020

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 23, 2020 -

Country is addressing its fragility through renewed efforts to stimulate economy

January 16, 2020 -

Education key for an informed trade and policy future

December 19, 2019 -

Countries that have already implemented trade-cost reducing reforms – for example trade facilitation, infrastructure, and data flows – will be better positioned to take advantage of any opportunities that arise from the trade war.

December 03, 2019 -

Carefully calibrating its trade support and compliance to international standards, country is targeting more exports

November 26, 2019 -

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

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.

October 14, 2019 -

 Director of Trade at the Uganda Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives discusses the country's recent trade successes.

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

March 03, 2018 -

A new study for Tanzania — the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) update — highlights opportunities for developing and improving trade opportunities for Tanzani

January 16, 2018 -

The year is 2017 and Cambodia has stepped into a role that has been out of its reach for years — the voice of the 47 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at the Word Trade Organization.

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 government, public and private institutions, donors and international organizations met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23 to 24 February 2016

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