Consulting company Kamolot-1, which is a partner of the Trade Promotion Programme of the International Trade Centre (ITC) in Tajikistan and is run by ITC national consultants, has been awarded the Gabriel Al-Salem International Award for Excellence in...

Participants from six countries take part in ITC business information training.

Government officials at ITC meeting in Juba reiterate South Sudan’s intention step of efforts to join global economy.

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) exporting from developing countries suffer the brunt of complying with market access conditions.To make market entry rules more transparent, ITC has redeveloped its online analysis tool Market Access Map, available as 30 June 2012. Users in developing countries and territories can use the tool at no cost...   

‘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...

Estelle Ahoyo is the chief executive officer of Ets Estella & Fils, a small enterprise in Benin that is involved in the production and export of fruit and vegetables. Her company has been growing steadily since it was established two years ago. Today,...

An intake of 35 trainee officers of Commerce and Trade Group graduated from the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development (PITAD) today after successful completion of a nine month long Specialized Training Programme (STP)…

Building 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...

Trade advisors from around the globe are currently at ITC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to take part in the latest Trade Information Training Programme. The eight day course, finishing on Wednesday 23 November, covers a number of information management and information resource themes, ranging from topics such as the identification of useful information sources to the role of Web 2.0 in trade information management...

Before the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) came to the isolated El Quiché region in the highlands of Guatemala more than 20 years ago, the roads were few and far between, irrigation systems and processing centres were virtually...

Strategic positioning is the first thing dev­eloping countries should do when considering tourism as an economic tool. It requires the development of a carefully constructed, unique prop­osition that frames the attractions offered to tourists...