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OECD says new approach is needed to tackle productivity, inequality challenges A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) finds that declining productivity growth and rising inequality are some of the biggest obstacles to improved...

Ever since the World Wide Web was conceived at CERN on the Franco- Swiss border and released into the public domain in 1993, the internet has continued to spin out new opportunities for information and commerce. News has become instant, we can stream films and ...

In Benin, women play a crucial role in trade, moving goods across the borders and selling them at the markets

UN Secretary-General launches panel on women’s economic empowerment United Nations Secretary-General Ban Kimoon announced the first High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Its purpose is to provide leadership and mobilize concrete actions aimed at...

New technical papers For free downloads please visit: www.intracen.org/publications     NATIONAL TRADE FACILITATION COMMITTEES Developing countries can benefit from trade facilitation reforms by establishing a well-run national trade facilitation committee (NTFC). This...

from 11 January 2016

A fellowship winner offers a first-person reflection on her time in Geneva

Support for women’s associations in Madagascar to enhance raffia production is also helping the conservation of biodiversity in the country

Why the new development goals can lead to a boom for green businesses

How the Paris Agreement on climate change will have an impact on trade

As head of Maroc Export, Zahra Maafiri reaches across borders groups of society to help small businesses export

The technological gap between girls and boys is rapidly diminishing as obstacles fall, but much work remains undone