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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) today has delivered a landmark deal that is good for fairer global trade and good for development at its 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, ...

The selection: Friday, 18 December The Intra-African Investment Report: consultancy services for conducting data collection (AfDB) The Intra-African Investment Project aims to (i...

Negotiations at the WTO’s ministerial meet have gained pace, sources say, with Thursday’s talks set to run through the night as members search for common ground that enables th...

The world’s smallholder farmers manage just 12 per cent of all agricultural land, yet they produce more than 80 per cent of the world’s food (in value terms). They deserve more...

The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors on 17 December 2015 endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) to support Egypt during a critical period of ...

Intra-COMESA trade in grains is set to rise following the launch of a roadmap that will address differences in standards and regulations that impede regional trade in maize. The C...

Information and Communication Technologies essential for achieving 2030 Sustainable Development through commitment to World Summit on the Information Society vision Countries reaf...

The Saana Institute, InterAnalysis Ltd. (TradeSift software), Centre for the Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex (CARIS) at the University of Sussex and the Trade Law Centre...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed on 17 December the pledges made by governments and private sector entities to help developing and least-developed countries implement the...

The selection: Thursday, 17 December Profiled new analysis: ‘Diversifying African trade: the road to progress’ (Atlantic Council) To fully harness the transformative potentia...

A group of 53 World Trade Organisation members negotiating a tariff-cutting agreement on information and communication technology goods reached a final deal in Nairobi, Kenya, on W...

As World Trade Organization members meet in Nairobi, Kenya, for their 2015 Ministerial, the potential economic impact of African trade – for Africa, but also the rest of the worl...

World Trade Organisation members representing major exporters of information technology products agreed on 16 December at the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference, in Nairobi, on t...

UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report 2015 says more can be done to make innovation policy in Africa work for development Although developing countries as a whole accounted ...

A new ILO statistical study provides estimates on labour migration, including regions and industries where international migrant workers are established and a special focus on migr...

The African Development Bank has launched the report, “Transition towards Green Growth in Mozambique: Policy review and recommendations for action,” which summarizes the develo...

Ministerial Communiqué We, the Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), having met on 16th December 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya, during the 10h Ministerial Conference of ...

Concluding its work for the main part of the General Assembly’s seventieth session on 14 December 2015, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) unanimously approved 18 ...

The 2016 edition of International Debt Statistics was published on 16 December 2015, and provides comprehensive data on the debt of low- and middle-income countries, and quart...

President Kenyatta welcomed the formal approval by ministers of Liberia’s WTO membership terms at a special ceremony on 16 December held at the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conferen...