Publications

Trade improves the food supply of least developed countries (LDCs), but import dependence on concentrated suppliers of cereals, vegetable oils and sugar threatens their food security. In 2022, increasing food  and fertiliser prices, the war in Ukraine and export restrictions depressed LDC food...

Standards and regulations have a major impact on SME competitiveness.

Les normes et réglementations ont un impact majeur sur la compétitivité des PME. Se mettre aux normes pour échanger, le thème de cette édition annuelle de la Perspective de la compétitivité des PME, permet aux PME d’accroître leurs chances de se connecter aux chaînes de valeur...

Benefitting from the LDC services waiver depends on taking 10 key actions; ITC can help.The guide also outlines how ITC can work with LDCs to benefit from this new preferential access opportunity

The Textile and Clothing Sector in Asian Graduating Least Developed Countries: Challenges and Ways Forward

This is a national companion guide to the publication The Business Guide for Sustainability in Foreign Investments.

Guide traitant du lien entre le marketing réussi des produits de l’artisanat et des arts visuels, et l'utilisation adéquate des instruments de propriété intellectuelle - indique les cas de figure dans lesquels l'obtention d'une protection formelle de la propriété intellectuelle devrait être...

This report shows how sustainability standards can be a powerful tool for post-pandemic recovery.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic could lose 7.3%, or $734 million, of exports when graduating from least developed country (LDC) status. The most affected sectors will be natural rubber and latex, paper products and apparel, with losses largely in Chinese and European markets.

Literature review of interdependencies between public and private standards. It focuses on how governments could engage with private standards to impact their legitimacy and significance in the market; provides examples of complementarities between public and private standards. Part three of a...

Anti-competitive practices can hurt developing country businesses. This book outlines cases and suggestions for reform.

This paper provides key information about the North American natural products market with a special focus on selected South American and African products. Natural products in the North American market have experienced strong market growth in the last decade as consumers increasingly demand...