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ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND EMPOWERMENT
Environmentally minded initiatives on Trade can have the added benefit of increasing the participation of Women in the World Economy. Read more...
Global demand for domestic manufacturing is a key vehicle for industrial development, says Frank Van Rompaey from UNIDO, talking about chapter three of Aid for trade at a glance report launched during the Global Review.
How to get more Women involved in International Trade
Here are ideas from Michal Tsur from
Kaltura:
💻 Attract
women to technology.
🌍 Study programme to fill in
skill gaps.
Creating a business friendly environmental for SME and Women entrepreneurs is an essential way to reach inclusive growth, says C. Young Park (Asian Development Bank) who attended the Aid for trade global review.
AID FOR TRADE GLOBAL REVIEW 2019
Economic diversification and empowerment of Women key to bridge development gaps
Economic diversification and empowerment of Women are key to achieve a fairer and more efficient trading environment, speakers at various sessions said at the Aid for trade global review 3-4 July. The global economy offers many opportunities for enterprises to grow but much remains to be done in areas such as fisheries subsides to safeguard resources and to ensure that the benefits of trade can reach more people, panelists agreed. Read more...
Levels of regional Aid-for-Trade
Aid-for-Trade
is well suited to the CFTA flanking policies, especially to the BIAT Action
Plan, which has projects with targets for ODA. Aid-for-Trade has been adopted
as an African policy priority by the AU Heads of State and Government. Since
2011, Africa has been the main recipient of Aid-for-Trade.
Since
2002, economic infrastructure has on average accounted for more than 50 per
cent of total Aid-forTrade disbursements, while building productive capacity
has consistently been the most important component of disbursements for
regional and subregional programmes. The share of total disbursements to
building productive capacities dropped 11 basis points since the 2006–08
average of 53 per cent to 42 per cent in 2015, whereas building productive
capacity represented 70 per cent of the regional Aid-for-Trade
Between
the 2002–05 baseline average and 2015, regional aid for trade to Africa
increased from $357 million to $1.6 billion, with 60 per cent of
the increase due to a $700 million allocation to the African Development Fund
for those defined by the AfDB as fragile states. Building productive capacity
is the dominant sector with $1.1 billlion, followed by trade-related
infrastructure with $300 million (Figure 7.4). Although the shares have
fluctuated, building productive capacity and economic infrastructure have
consistently dominated regional Aid-for-Trade flows. The literature on binding
constraints to trade suggests that this focus is well merited, and case studies
reviewed below display a number of successful projects.
Regional
Aid-for-Trade successes: What works and what doesn’t
Regional
Aid-for-Trade initiatives have generated considerable successes in certain
areas. Highlights include addressing NTBs, investing in regional soft and hard
infrastructure, fostering regional cooperation, reducing investment-related
costs, harmonizing regional trade arrangements, furthering institutional and
human development, and supporting operations of the RECs. Challenges include
engaging stakeholders and prioritizing the needs of poor and vulnerable groups.
(Publications Section Economic Commission for Africa)
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