Hopes for Trade Facilitation Agreement at WTO’s Ninth Ministerial ConferenceThe World Trade Organization's (WTO) Ninth Ministerial Conference will be held in Bali, Indonesia from 3 to 6 December 2013. A successful outcome of the upcoming conference is...
UNCTAD’s Secretary-General outlines how trade-facilitation measures encourage human and institutional development, and help to bring informal sectors into the formal economy.
Kunio Mikuriya of the World Customs Organization discusses how promoting export growth through customs reform and modernization can lead to a reduction in trade-transaction costs and inefficiencies.
ITC’s experts explain how the agency assists developing countries and least developed countries in making the most of the new deal on trade facilitation to enhance their export competitiveness.
Improving border administration and transport and communications infrastructure are key to bringing down supplychain barriers and increasing global gross domestic product, argue Margareta Drzeniek-Hanouz and Sean Doherty of the World Economic Forum.
Ratnakar Adhikari explains how to harness the potential of trade and development to enable least developed countries to participate fully in global markets.
An example of trade facilitation in action shows how onion farmers added US$ 2.25 million to their income and lowered their dependence on imports.
Tackling the excessively high costs of cross-border trade can increase regional economic integration in East Africa, writes Frank Matsaert of TradeMark East Africa.
Simplifying and harmonizing international trade rules and procedures are needed to increase regional and global trade in Africa, argues Hakim Ben Hammouda of the African Development Bank.
Using new technologies in developing countries can open up trade at home and abroad for small and medium-sized enterprises – and diversify national economies.
Landlocked developing countries can overcome trade barriers through improved transport systems and trade facilitation.
Exploring how Hong Kong’s business-friendly environment has helped to make the city the world’s ninth largest trading economy, writes Simon Galpin of Invest Hong Kong.
Cracking down on corruption and delays on one of East Africa’s busiest transport routes has helped to move goods across borders.
A Guyanese businesswoman shares her experiences on how to enable other women in Guyana to build and sustain thriving enterprises.
ITC encourages policymakers to support home-grown businesses by tackling burdensome barriers to trade imposed by national authorities and partner countries.
ITC pilot project in the East African Community supports 8,000 women traders to move from the informal to the formal sector, increasing their earnings and personal safety.
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