Trade Forum

In recent years, calls for accountability, fairness and openness have galvanized disruptive movements and thinking. From political activism in Tahrir Square to the economic advocacy of the Occupy Movement, the status quo is increasingly challenged and traditional ways of doing business, approaching...

Full Circle Exchange is a social enterprise dedicated to lifting women out of poverty by helping them grasp sustainable economic opportunities. The aim is to create jobs and improve income through access to education, job skills and global markets. The reality is a diversity of innovative projects...

As a small business owner in the United States of America in the late 1990s, I faced an unexpected but all too common challenge – I had no voice in public policy decisions. Not only were public policy issues and messages unclear, critical decisions were also being made and I had no part in the...

Governments worldwide spend US$ 11 trillion a year on procurement, yet only an estimated 1% of procurement contracts are won by women.1 Increasing that 1% by linking more women-owned businesses into global value chains was the goal of two events held under the auspices of the Global Platform for...

Mauritius conjures up images of an idyllic island in the middle of the ocean, with sandy beaches, translucent lagoons, beautiful fauna and flora, and hospitable people. While these characteristics remain part of the Mauritian way of life, the island has undergone phenomenal change since it gained...

Accessing the European Union market is similar to walking into a labyrinth, but market intelligence from CBI, the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries, an agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, offers a roadmap to keep developing country exporters on...

Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs) are expected to produce high-value outcomes, include all sectors of the economy, deliver on corporate social responsibility policies and meet key performance indicators.

Future opportunities for Sub-Saharan African (SSA) trade growth exist both within the region and in new emerging markets. Diversification to markets within the region in particular offer the best prospects for moving up the value chain to reduce dependence on commodities, while emerging markets,...

The positive influence of telecommunication services on the growth and development of a country is undisputed. A large pool of statistics from organizations including the World Bank, Deloitte and Booze & Company demonstrates strong links between the growth in mobile and broadband penetration,...

The Government of Jamaica has reaffirmed that export-led growth is critical to the country’s economic survival. In this age of hyper-globalization, improving the integration of Jamaican goods and services into the global value chain is the primary means of achieving sustainable long-term economic...

The world we live in post the global financial crisis is undeniably a different place to the world before the crisis. Since the crisis, structural changes that had been taking place in the global economy have accelerated and been brought into clearer focus. These changes have profound implications...

This autumn the International Trade Centre (ITC) has organized several events to ensure that growth, innovation and inclusion stay on top of the global trade and development agenda.At the World Export Development Forum 2012 (WEDF), held in Jakarta on 15-17 October and hosted by the Ministry of Trade...