Tag: Business regulation
Finance and development
04 Jan 17 ThemesFinancial services, foreign investment, and international aid are essential for improved trade and long-term development in poor economies. tralac’s work in this area examines ho...
Services, trade facilitation and customs
04 Jan 17 ThemesThe new realities of the global trading system and improved services trade has made logistics and other trade facilitation measures increasingly important in regional and integrati...
Trade law and regulation
04 Jan 17 ThemesThe development of rules-based governance for regional trade and integration in Africa has become an important focus area for tralac. Trade agreements, accompanied by the necessary...
The African Union Commission’s Africa Business Directory: Toward the facilitation of growth, partnership and global inclusion
15 Nov 16 NewsThe African Union is rapidly increasing its partnerships with global regional and leading country partners, while simultaneously developing and promoting strategic sector plans for...
Trade rules assisting SMEs to compete better
27 Oct 16 DiscussionJB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the WTO’s recently-published World Trade Report 2016, subtitled ‘Levelling the trading field for SMEs’
The 2016 World Trade Report...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
10 Oct 16 NewsCOMESA’s Intergovernmental Committee starts Policy Week proceedings (COMESA)
The Intergovernmental Committee that brings together Permanent/Principal Secretaries was the first t...
WTO launches 2016 World Trade Report on levelling the trading field for SMEs
28 Sep 16 NewsReduced trade barriers, improved transportation links, information technology and the emergence of global value chains give small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the potential ...
Esibayeni Declaration of the Southern Africa Business Forum
09 Sep 16 NewsOn 24 August 2016, during the inaugural SADC Industrialisation Week, held in Swaziland, over 200 private sector representatives from across the region gathered for the Second Annua...
G20 Inclusive Business Report for the 2016 Summit
07 Sep 16 NewsG20 Leaders welcome launch of platform on inclusive business
Leaders at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China emphasized the need for sustainable and inclusive growth, and welcomed th...
Banks scramble for lucrative SMEs with juicy funding deals
16 Aug 16 NewsSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya are entering a new era as financial institutions heighten the scramble for this lucrative sector with all manner of tactics and j...
COMESA moves to enhance competitiveness of local SMEs
02 Aug 16 NewsEarly this year, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) unveiled a new project seeking to link local producers with buyers across the country and the region.
T...
Meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa: Recommendations report
07 Jul 16 NewsOn 29 June, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews, on behalf of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, attended the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Afr...
Bringing SMEs onto the e-commerce highway
31 May 16 NewsITC publication explores transformative effect of e-commerce sets out challenges and opportunities for SMEs
E-commerce across borders is transforming the business world in develop...
ICC welcomes new WTO report on trade finance and SMEs
26 May 16 NewsThe International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed a new World Trade Organization (WTO) report which examines the urgent need to address the trade finance gap for small- and ...
World Bank Botswana Country Partnership Framework 2016-20
24 May 16 NewsThis document details the scope and the main elements of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with the Republic of Botswana for FY16-20.
The previous Country Partnership Strate...
EABC Code of Conduct for Business in the East African Community
08 Mar 16 NewsPreamble
We, the private sector of the East African Community, have developed this Code of Conduct for Business in the East African Community together with its Rules & Procedu...
Bank Financing of SMEs in Kenya
15 Oct 15 NewsThe involvement of Kenyan banks in the SME segment has grown remarkably over the last few years and most banks intend to continue expanding their SME portfolio in the near future. ...
ICC Banking Commission Global Survey highlights impact of trade finance gap on SMEs
07 Oct 15 NewsThe International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission has released the results from its 2015 Global Survey on trade finance – highlighting the impact of the trade financ...
Inclusive business a key contributor to the new global development agenda
25 Sep 15 NewsBusiness Call to Action sees strong increases in membership, commitments to improve lives and livelihoods for world’s poor people
From small social entrepreneurships to large na...
New Unified Insolvency Act can help African SMEs improve access to finance in 17 countries
17 Sep 15 NewsWith support from the World Bank Group, 17 African countries, members of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA), adopted a Unified Insolvency...