With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The … pandemic has taken a drastic human toll, and its global-scale economic and social impacts affected rural development work … for the CIF program, WB-financed operations, donors, and other external international development partners. Although the …

- underlines the contribution that trade and investment in services can make to economic growth and development and highlights, in … particular, the importance of re-energizing international cooperation on services trade …