http://www.intracen.org//layouts/RSSFeed.aspx?id=48869That was the conclusion of experts at a public-private dialogue in Pakistan, on 16 January 2013. The event was organized by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development (PITAD), with the official endorsement...http://www.intracen.org/news/Policy-reform-essential-for-Pakistan-to-improve-trade-with-India/02/01/2013 4:50:03 AMThe Government of Jamaica is placing significant emphasis on enhancing trade on both an interregional and intraregional basis to make this a priority.Traditionally, Caribbean economies have been dependent on a narrow range of goods exports, but as global...http://www.intracen.org/article/trade-facilitation-enhancing-interregional-and-intraregional-trade/01/14/2013 4:15:29 AMSenior members of the International Trade Centre’s management team lead by Executive Director Ms Patricia Francis on Monday (3 December) received HE Mr Juan Esteban Aguirre, Paraguay’s Ambassador to the United Nations and other international organizations...http://www.intracen.org/news/Paraguay’s-ambassador-on-visit-to-ITC/12/05/2012 2:57:46 AMResponding to a request from the Government of Nigeria, the International Trade Centre (ITC) recently hosted a high-level roundtable, including a peer review, to help stake the way ahead for Nigeria’s new trade policy. Currently being prepared, the updated...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-assists-Nigeria-on-trade-policy-reform/11/28/2012 10:20:37 AMAt a plant in the North-East of Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, a 20-minute ride from the city centre over potholed roads, 23-year-old Bakhtiyar Kudakeldiev works as a water bottling operator. He does not know it, but he benefits from an ITC programme...http://www.intracen.org/article/Committing-to-quality-in-Kyrgyzstan/03/30/2012 9:40:56 AM‘The private sector is not thinking regionally’ is an echo I often hear in government circles charged with the responsibility of promoting intra-African trade. Basking in the comfort of supplying domestic markets, private businesses fear competition...http://www.intracen.org/article/A-private-sector-mandate-think-regional/03/30/2012 6:16:35 AMMany small and developing countries have a rich cultural heritage and a living tradition of craftsmanship that their populations can draw on when creating artisanal products that will appeal to buyers abroad. Growing commercialization of the arts has...http://www.intracen.org/article/Where-art-meets-global-development/03/30/2012 4:44:31 AMBuilding the capacity to participate in global trade is becoming increasingly critical for economic growth in developing countries. This is not a task with a clear start and end; it is a process that has to be set in motion with small initiatives. One...http://www.intracen.org/article/Developing-future-trade-policy-leaders/12/12/2011 9:15:51 AMThe 11th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) held in Chongqing, China on 9–12 September highlighted renewed optimism and commitment to the export-led growth model and the necessity for trade, with a need to rethink strategies...http://www.intracen.org/article/2010-World-Export-Development-Forum---Renewed-Optimism-for-Export-led-Growth-in-the-Post-crisis-Era/06/28/2011 11:32:45 AM<p>Non-Tariff Measures and the Fight Against Malaria: Obstacles to trade in anti-malarial commodities Paper focusing on specific non-tariff measures (NTMs) that could negatively affect the affordability and accessibility of anti-malarial commodities - introduces non-tariff measures and other obstacles to trade; pres</p>http://www.intracen.org/Non-Tariff-Measures-and-the-Fight-Against-Malaria-Obstacles-to-trade-in-anti-malarial-commodities/06/28/2011 6:55:41 AMBERLIN – Multilateral trade assistance and bilateral aid play complementary roles and in a number of areas multilateral assistance is more effective, ITC Director Friedrich von Kirchbach told members of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-director-to-German-parliament-multilateral-agencies-essential-in-trade-assistance/03/14/2013 6:26:05 AMWhen SalamaTulari sat at her roadside shed in Tamale peddling yams and wondering how she'd ever come up with the money to expand her business, she never imagined her voice would help determine the future of Ghana's strategy to develop its yam industry.But...http://www.intracen.org/news/Ghana-producers-and-industry-experts-co-author-yam-sector-strategy/12/23/2012 1:06:12 PMTress Buchanayandi, Uganda’s Minister for Agriculture, on 31 July launched the five-year strategic plan of the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE), which is designed to strengthen and enhance competitiveness by empowering...http://www.intracen.org/news/Ministerial-praise-for-NUCAFE’s-strategic-plan/09/04/2012 7:57:17 AMITC in June launched a survey on non-tariff measures (NTMs) in Guinea in response to a request from country’s Ministry of Trade. The survey, which will run until November, will seek to identify and better understand burdensome NTMs faced by Guinea’s...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-launches-NTM-survey-in-Guinea/07/26/2012 11:18:48 AMA delegation from Republic of Liberia on 17 July visited ITC for discussions on ongoing trade-support programmes and the possibility of ITC support in its WTO accession negotiations. The Liberian delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Commerce and...http://www.intracen.org/articles/Liberia-trade-support-building-and-WTO-accession/07/17/2012 10:15:22 AMThe South African Rooibos Council has secured 1.2 million rand in funding to shore up the export competitiveness of the country’s indigenous herbal tea. The grant will be used during the second phase of a technical-assistance project financed by the...http://www.intracen.org/news/Dutch-grant-to-help-expand-South-Africa-rooibos-exports/07/12/2012 10:50:29 AMITC’s Executive Director Patricia Francis on 4 July met a Thai delegation led by Yanyong Phuangrach, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce, for a discussion on trade. He was accompanied by Mr Krisda Piampongsant, Permanent Representative of...http://www.intracen.org/news/Barriers-to-trade-focus-of-Thai-visit-to-ITC/07/06/2012 11:40:13 AM<p>ITCArticleElcitra Site\Intracen ITC pushes for export diversification in software industry at WSIS Forum Bangladesh takes centre-stage at WSIS Forum 2012, while ITC’s Anders Aeroe highlights role of information and communications technology in creating growth in low and medium-income countries. ITC Com</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-pushes-for-export-diversification-in-software-industry-at-WSIS-Forum/06/07/2012 5:36:55 AMKuwait’s Public Authority for Industry (PAI), with the support of ITC, aims to diversify the national production and export base whilst lowering Kuwait’s dependence on petroleum by improving the competitiveness of Kuwaiti food and beverage exports. The two year project represents the first time ITC has provided assistance to the Kingdom...http://www.intracen.org/news/Kuwait’s-Public-Authority-for-Industry-and-ITC-sign-agreement-for-food-and-beverages-sector-development-project/03/19/2012 7:36:36 AMITC has recently launched a new book titled National Trade Policy for Export Success. The book considers how trade policy influences enterprise competitiveness. It considers how the export potential of enterprises may best be advanced through trade policy...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-launches-new-book-titled-National-Trade-Policy-for-Export-Success/02/23/2012 9:13:46 AMThe Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development (PITAD), the World Trade Institute (WTI) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) met on 20 January 2012 at WTI in Bern, Switzerland, to review progress on the first year of their partnership agreement...http://www.intracen.org/news/One-year-on---Partnership-agreement-with-the-Pakistan-Institute-of-Trade-and-Development-and-the-World-Trade-Institute/02/20/2012 10:24:21 AMPharmaceutical firms across Latin America negotiated millions of dollars in new business deals with each other for natural and bio-products and traditional medicines at LatinPharma 2011...http://www.intracen.org/news/New-business-opportunities-through-LatinPharma-2011/01/17/2012 10:30:40 AMThe International Trade Centre and the Caribbean region reaffirmed their commitments of working in partnership in a meeting held within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Eighth Ministerial Conference.  ‘We already enjoy a good...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-and-Caribbean-region-discuss-future-projects/12/16/2011 6:32:32 PMLeast Developed Countries need to become more active in WTO negotiations to reap the full benefits of accession, need to improve the business environment for small and medium size enterprises and show results to donors, said tradeministers from LDCs...http://www.intracen.org/news/LDC-trade-ministers-discuss-the-benefits-of-WTO-membership-and-the-need-for-effective-well-planned-technical-assistance/12/15/2011 10:49:46 AMWhile certain proponents of global free trade may disagree, regional trade blocs offer a compelling model for economic development. By removing barriers to trade within a region – harmonizing regulation to enable the free flow of goods, services and...http://www.intracen.org/article/Aspiration-vs-reality-Local-perspectives-on-regional-trade/12/08/2011 9:33:41 AMAsia’s coming of age has been the development story of the past 40 years. The reasons for this are varied, but some of the more significant factors have been knowledge exchange, technology transfer, and increased economic integration and cooperation...http://www.intracen.org/article/Towards-an-economic-community-in-Southeast-Asia/12/08/2011 8:44:42 AMJust 100,000 people live within the Republic of Kiribati’s 3.5 million square kilometre territory in the South Pacific. Kiribati is one of the most remote countries in the world, thousands of kilometres from major ports such as Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo....http://www.intracen.org/article/Aid-for-Trade-strategy-in-the-Pacific/12/07/2011 11:24:26 AMUnder the EU-funded Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA II) programme, a two day training course on “Regional integration - Comparative legal framework” was conducted on 16-17 November 2011 at the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development (PITAD),...http://www.intracen.org/news/Training-course-on-regional-integration-for-Pakistani-policymakers/11/23/2011 9:30:23 AMThe National Coordinating Committee is tasked with making the nutmeg sector development strategy a reality, using a participatory methodology and monitoring its implementation. It's members include representatives of farmers, processors, the Ministry...http://www.intracen.org/prime-minister-grenada-welcomes-greater-private-sector-involvement-nutmeg/11/04/2011 10:18:31 AMDeveloping business in commodities such as coffee or tea or in fresh fruit and vegetables represents great potential for growth and employment in Africa. The challenge for these sectors lies in effective and efficient exporting to the right markets....http://www.intracen.org/article/Agri-business-creating-export-value-in-Uganda-and-Senegal/09/28/2011 8:51:46 AMOn the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day in March 2011, ITC celebrated the successes women have made in trade. At an event co-hosted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), ITC recognized the vital contribution women make...http://www.intracen.org/article/Empowering-Women-Powering-Trade-ITC-and-WTO-celebrate-the-100th-anniversary-of-International-Women39s-Day/07/19/2011 10:55:16 AMUnder the umbrella of Vinos de Chile, the Chilean wine industry identified the need to strengthen the sustainability of the country’s wine sector. In May 2010, the association’s technical branch, Consorcios del Vino, launched the Wines of Chile...http://www.intracen.org/article/Wines-of-Chile---Sustainability-Program/07/11/2011 11:46:06 AMThrough a rethink of its trade policy, Laos has demonstrated how developing countries, in particular least developed countries (LDCs), must reposition themselves to take advantage of emerging markets. As a landlocked country Laos’ international...http://www.intracen.org/article/Laos-from-Land-Locked-to-‘Land-Linked’---A-Case-Study-in-the-Benefits-of-South–South-Trade-for-Least-Developed-Countries/07/11/2011 11:30:17 AMMany developing countries are ill equipped to take advantage of the opportunities provided by trade. Weak infrastructure, lack of capacity and the inability to meet technical product specifications and stringent requirements in terms of quality, safety, health and the environment impede their integration into global markets.http://www.intracen.org/Challenges-in-Agro-Food-Exports-Building-the-Quality-Infrastructure/02/24/2011 6:42:23 PMAlthough import duties on many agricultural products have been dropped or waived as part of preferential trading agreements, farmers in developing countries are facing new challenges to selling their products around the world. Technical requirements, particularly for the hygiene and safety of products, have become one of the greatest barriers to trade for many producers.http://www.intracen.org/The-SPS-Agreement-WTO-Agreement-on-the-Application-of-Sanitary-and-Phytosanitary-Measures/02/24/2011 6:41:52 PMPre-packaged commodities are estimated to account for more than 75% of the total value of traded commodities worldwide. However, exports of many pre-packaged consumer products from developing countries are often hampered by lengthy border control procedures or even rejected, due to non-conformity to indicated quantity of product.1http://www.intracen.org/Pre-packaged-Goods-Product-Quantity-Certification-Scheme/02/24/2011 6:40:46 PMQuality is a prerequisite for successful market access and increasing revenues from export, but meeting technical requirements in the international marketplace is a challenge for many exporters.http://www.intracen.org/Export-Quality-Management-Programme-ITC-Overcoming-Technical-Barriers-to-Trade/02/24/2011 6:40:26 PM<p> Côte d'Ivoire - Appui institutionnel et opérational pour l'amélioration du cadre des affaires 2010-04-22 2014-04-30 one 1956 true </p>http://www.intracen.org/Cote-dIvoire---Appui-institutionnel-et-operational-pour-lamelioration-du-cadre-des-affaires/12/09/2010 6:03:48 AM<p> Eastern Europe - Export Development 2009-05-01 2010-12-31 one I793 true </p>http://www.intracen.org/layouts/three-column.aspx?pageid=49080&id=144112/07/2010 12:06:04 PM<p>ITC project</p>http://www.intracen.org/layouts/three-column.aspx?pageid=49080&id=142312/07/2010 11:27:52 AM