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tralac’s Daily News selection: 16 December 2015
16 Dec 2015The selection: Wednesday, 16 December
MC10 updates: WTO's 'Latest News' feature, Bridges Daily Update 2
Experts ponder CFTA's human rights impacts (UNECA)
A side-event titled 'A...
read moreWTO members urged to crown successful year of multilateral diplomacy with Nairobi deal
16 Dec 2015WTO members were urged at the opening session of the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi on 15 December to crown a successful year of multilateral diplomacy by deliveri...
read moreFacilitating the participation of landlocked developing countries in commodity value chains
16 Dec 2015Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) face multiple trade and development challenges. In addition to their geographical predicaments and remoteness from international markets, mo...
read moreAt high-level forum, top UN officials urge bridging digital divide to ‘power’ sustainable development
16 Dec 2015Citing remarkable achievement of the information and communication technologies (ICT) for development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that t...
read moreWTO negotiating function under scrutiny as Ministerial begins
16 Dec 2015Trade ministers continued to disagree over the future of the WTO’s negotiating function, as talks for the organisation’s Tenth Ministerial Conference (MC10) kicked off in Nairo...
read moreDespite $28 billion drop in global private infrastructure investment in energy, transport, and water, strong showing of renewable energy projects
16 Dec 2015Despite a sharp decline in private investment in energy, transport, and water infrastructure in developing countries in the first six months of 2015, investment in renewable energy...
read moreDeclaration of Ministers of the Group of Small, Vulnerable Economies (SVEs) to the Tenth Session of the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference
16 Dec 2015We, the Ministers and Heads of Delegation of the Group of Small, Vulnerable Economies (SVEs), having met on 15th December 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya, on the margins of the Tenth Sessio...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 15 December 2015
15 Dec 2015The selection: Tuesday, 15 December
Trudi Hartzenberg: Africa free-trade bloc implementation date may be too optimistic (Bloomberg)
A 2017 implementation date set for creating a ...
read moreAfrica free-trade bloc implementation date may be too optimistic
15 Dec 2015A 2017 implementation date set for creating a free-trade zone in Africa, a region with a combined economy worth more than $2 trillion, may be too optimistic, according to trade exp...
read moreMinisterial Declaration: LDC Trade Ministers’ Meeting, December 2015
15 Dec 2015LDC Trade Ministers’ Meeting: Nairobi, Kenya, 14 December 2015 – Ministerial Declaration
We, the Ministers of the Least Developed Countries,
Meeting in Nairobi on Decemb...
read moreDivides run deep as Ministers arrive at Nairobi WTO meet
15 Dec 2015Trade ministers are arriving in Nairobi, Kenya to begin their latest biennial conference, set to be held from 15-18 December. Whether the WTO meet will indeed be able to yield subs...
read moreWTO Ministerial: A time for reflection in Nairobi on the future of global trade
15 Dec 2015This week, trade ministers will gather together in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi for the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference, marking the first time that the global trade bod...
read moreAfrican Consultations on Migration: Factoring in outcomes of the Valletta Summit
15 Dec 2015The African Consultations on Migration kicked-off on Monday, 14 December 2015. The Consultations were officially opened by Dr. Olawale I. Maiyegun, the Director of Social...
read moreGreater inclusion of women and youth in work will spur human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
15 Dec 2015Reducing inequalities and the creation of work are critical for human development in the region, says the 2015 Human Development Report.
Significant gains have been made in human ...
read moreUNEP launches Environment and Trade Hub to support countries in sustainable development goals implementation
15 Dec 2015Global partnership will focus on sustainable trade
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on 14 December 2015 launched the Environment and Trade Hub, an initiative which ...
read moreAfDB launches Development Effectiveness Review on Sierra Leone
15 Dec 2015Sierra Leone recognized as a success story among states emerging from conflict, but underlying drivers of fragility still remain
The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched its D...
read moreG-33 Ministerial Communiqué: Nairobi, December 2015
15 Dec 20151. We, Ministers and Representatives of the G-33 Members met in Nairobi, Kenya, on 14 December 2015, on the occasion of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference to assess the curre...
read moreEnhancing the contribution of Export Processing Zones to the Sustainable Development Goals
15 Dec 2015An analysis of 100 EPZs and a Framework for Sustainable Economic Zones
Over the past decade, the popularity of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) has grown in many countries acro...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 14 December 2015
14 Dec 2015The selection: Monday, 14 December
MC10: a compendium of resources, news items, commentaries
Official websites: Kenya MC10, WTO
Twitter: @MC10Nairobi
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read moreHistoric Paris Agreement on Climate Change
14 Dec 2015195 nations set path to keep temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius
An historic agreement to combat climate change and unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, ...
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