This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development … progress, and makes the case that the post-2015 development agenda should include considerations related to trade rules and … supply-side capacity. Given the strong links between trade-led growth, economic upgrading, and poverty reduction, the paper …

The paper asks whether trade can help to achieve the employment targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. The focus … decent work for all." The theoretical and empirical links between trade and employment are examined to suggest whether trade … has a positive or negative impact on the quantity and quality of employment. At the aggregate level, trade has a positive …