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The ministerial round table on unleashing the power of e-commerce for development was opened by the Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD and brought together Ministers, business exec...

The selection: Wednesday, 20 July 2016 Nairobi trade negotiators fight over debt management text (Business Daily) Sources said the disagreement particularly arose from the Europe...

Sovereign debt management took centre-stage as the fourteenth session of the Nairobi UNCTAD conference entered its third day, pitting the developed world against their developing c...

Launching the first-ever Sustainable Development Goals report on the new global development agenda adopted last year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 19 July 2016 said t...

Large-scale mining has the potential to play a critical role in helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in resource-rich countries, according to a new report re...

East African Business Council (EABC), a regional business lobby on Tuesday called for the speedy conclusion of the ongoing East African Community (EAC)-European Union (EU) tra...

In a speech in Johannesburg on 19 July 2016, IMF First Deputy Managing Director, David Lipton, said South Africa urgently needs reforms to lift growth and provide jobs to millions....

The 27th African Union Summit came to a successful conclusion on Monday 18 July 2016, with Heads of State and Government from AU Member countries making a common call for togethern...

Twenty-six African countries have failed to agree on how traders would access a market of more than 600 million people through the proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), blu...

Prospects for economic development in Africa, the blue economy concept and intra-African trade are among the main topics of discussions as political and busines...

The selection: Tuesday, 19 July 2016 Starting tomorrow, at the WTO: China’s Trade Policy Review Evidence on post-Brexit issues, by Michael Johnson (former UK Government trade n...

If rich countries had consistently met the 0.7 per cent target since 2002, then developing countries would have been $2 trillion better off. Developing countries would be better a...

New ILO report looks at how the increasing number of labour provisions in trade agreements are impacting the world of work. Labour provisions* in trade agreements do not lead...

We, over 400 organizations that participated in the Civil Society Forum of the fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIV), held i...

Developing countries must grasp the opportunity of e-commerce – worth around $22.1 trillion in 2015 – or risk falling behind. Developing countries should grasp the rapidly gro...

The face of development has changed, with diverse stakeholders involved – and implicated – in what are more and more seen as global and interlinked concerns. At the same time, ...

A recent review of Zambia’s mining sector governance and investment attractiveness shows the country remains an appealing place for investment. Integrating the mineral sec...

Introduction WTO membership and Director-General Roberto Azevêdo attach great importance to post-accession implementation and support. Building on the conceptual framework develo...

At a time when countries across the African continent are deploying important efforts to facilitate trade, what can we learn from public service delivery in other areas for strengt...

The selection: Monday, 18 July 2016 Featured infographics: South Africa’s economy closes in on Nigeria (Bloomberg), Implementation of WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation in SADC...