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World Bank steps up climate funding in the MENA region; target set of US$1.5 billion per year to support climate action The World Bank Group on 15 November 2016 announced a new pl...

A new book on trade policy analysis was launched on 15 November by the WTO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). “An Advanced Guide to Trade Policy...

The selection: Tuesday, 15 November 2016 Starting on Thursday, in Cape Town: tralac’s roundtable A Continental Free Trade Area to support Africa’s industrial development objec...

Implementation of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement would provide a huge boost to trade, foreign investment, export diversification and participation in global value chains,...

The following background paper has been prepared by the WTO Secretariat for the Committee on Agriculture Special Session – Sub-Committee on Cotton The Ministerial Decision on Co...

Despite recent improvements in infrastructure and affordability, internet adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa is not growing rapidly, a report says. The report says...

Trade is a powerful tool to lower the cost of key green technologies Trade has an important role to play in addressing climate change and helping countries meet their commitments ...

The African Union is rapidly increasing its partnerships with global regional and leading country partners, while simultaneously developing and promoting strategic sector plans for...

The selection: Monday, 14 November 2016 Analysts recommend African Marshall Plan (DW) A study by the Club of Rome think tank and the Senate of the Economy (Senat der Wirtschaft) ...

The United States helped to rebuild Europe after World War Two. Germany’s development minister wants a similar initiative to kick-start African development. A study by the Club ...

Zambia has proposed measures to curb its budget deficit at a time when slumping commodity prices have seen the country face mine closures, rising unemployment, power shortages and ...

While much of the debate on economic transformation centres around transforming agriculture and moving into manufacturing, the potential of services is often left unexplored. ...

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) have become a high profile issue in recent years. The Sustainable Development Goals include a target (16.4: significantly reduce illicit financi...

New report by the United Nations’ SDG Fund offers private sector perspective on development goals and how companies align The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund (...

A new report launched on 11 November 2016 by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) reveals the crucial role the world’s drylands play in buffering the...

The selection: Friday, 11 November 2016 Featured tweets: @BaldwinRE: Mega-regionalism, the big trend in global trade governance for 10 yrs, died this week (Trump). => Breathi...

A new report finds that 99 percent of the 81 low and middle-income countries and territories participating in a recent monitoring process have national development strategies in pl...

For Africa, at stake in this election of Donald Trump is the strong bipartisan consensus in Congress that has been the cornerstone of U.S. policy toward the continent for the last ...

Tracking EAC compliance in the movement of capital, services and goods Achieving regional integration is not easy, but has a significant pay-off. The objective of establishing the...

UNDP and the World Bank released its new report ‘Transitioning from the MDGs to the SDGs’ on 10 November 2016, coinciding with the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coo...