Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …

Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic … perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of …

economic development. Gender equality is an inherent part of Aid for Trade. This has also been reflected in the Buenos Aires … development strategy seek to promote women's economic empowerment. * The main target group of gender related Aid for Trade is …Aid for Trade supports developing and least-developed countries in building their trade capacity and in increasing …

This paper looks at the various trade policies WTO Members have put into place to foster women's economic empowerment …. The analysis below is based on the information provided by WTO Members as part of their Trade Policy Review (TPRs) process … for the purpose of this paper.1 In the last 4 years, the trade policies of 111 WTO Members were under review. About 70% of …

date. Indeed, sustainable development is recognized as an objective in the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade … contribute to the post-2015 development agenda? In reply, the author offers some thoughts on 10 contributions that trade, and WTO … the complex way in which trade and trade policy interact with the evolving debate on the post-2015 development agenda - a …

A pivotal factor to improving the economies of developing countries is to eliminate trade barriers and increase market … access. This paper examines efforts at liberalizing trade in developing countries. It explains the various multilateral trade … agreements and negotiations and analyses their outcomes. It looks into the issue of trade distortions and its impact on …

most determinant variables for defining Trade in Value Added (TiVA) clusters. The level of economic development remains a … exporting higher share of domestic content, except in services exports; but in this case, export volumes remain marginal. …

impediment against trade and development, reflecting the complexity of these effects and their specificity to industries and …We assess the literature on public and private quality standards and their impact in food markets, international trade …, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare, trade, industrial organization, and labor markets and with …

rights on the one hand, and the undesirable barriers to international trade created by nationally determined intellectual … of international agreements designed to reduce barriers to trade while maintaining the promotion of innovation. It points … rights, and universal enforceability of those rights. Although primarily addressed to Chinese students of international trade …

The Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Doha, Qatar, in … November 2001, launched a new round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) and a work programme (WP) for the WTO involving …