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Weak productivity growth in many advanced and emerging market economies in the wake of the global financial crisis is raising concerns about future growth prospects. New research i...

Report prepared by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) for the Formal Meeting of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, 30 June to 1 July 2016 Strength...

While China and India’s trade with Africa does resemble the traditional model of colonial trade, it extends to investments and projects that aim to cater local demand. Africa ha...

The East African Business Council (EABC) has warned that objectives of an efficient transport mode in the region cannot be achieved or guaranteed unless supply chain security is ...

In a blog based on remarks to the Bretton Woods Committee, First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton argues that policymakers need to work to enhance the gains of globalization w...

EU leaders are likely to agree to use all means possible to keep irregular migrants from leaving Africa to reach Europe when they meet at a summit in Brussels later, according to l...

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström spoke to Members of the European Parliament’s committees on development and international trade on 21 June 2016 about the relationship be...

The selection: Monday, 27 June 2016 SADC Double Troika meeting will take place tomorrow in Botswana SADC TFCAs: consultancy for developing a framework for monitoring and evaluati...

Ministers and senior government officials from the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), meeting in Geneva last week, have urged the international community to mobi...

One would certainly be forgiven if, like us, you found yourself doing a double take at the news that Britain’s public voted in favour of leaving the EU. This is because shor...

Least developed countries (LDCs) have called on WTO members to consider their group’s list of priorities after the December 2015 ministerial conference in Nairobi. These prioriti...

As projections suggest slow growth in world trade, which in turn implies fewer trade opportunities for the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), South Africa continues to call for...

East African countries are faced with spiralling debt and narrowing funding options due to limited domestic revenue sources and the unpredictability of key donors. Moreover,...

East African Community member states have resolved to review the common external tariffs (CET) for goods imported into the region to strike a deal on the taxation of “sensitive...

A High Level Delegation from the World Trade Organization (WTO) focused on Liberia’s Post Accession Plan for its accession to the World Trade Organization will be visiting Liberi...

This update presents the World Bank’s final analysis of the economic and fiscal effects of the 2014-2015 West African Ebola epidemic and commodity price shocks across the three m...

The road ahead for South Africa’s trade agreements with the UK and EU became unclear last Friday after the UK unexpectedly voted to leave the EU, garnering a mixed reaction. MMI...

As Africa looks forward to continental integration, the Chinese government announced plans to roll out major joint ventures that will enable the continent to achieve integration ag...

The selection: Friday, 24 June 2016 Meeting of trade ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries: speech by Joakim Reiter, documentation (UNCTAD) Add to this the fact that LLDCs...

Ministers and senior government officials from the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) are meeting in Geneva this week to discuss how they can best enhance their t...