Briefing Papers
Report of National Dialogues 2005
2006
Aid for Trade Where are we & where will we go? -TDP 4/2006
Given their substantial supply side constraints and the need for capacity building, developing countries hope that the inclusion of Aid for Trade (AfT) as the World Trade Organisation’s newest policy area will ensure that it promotes more effectively the trade development of those countries that are struggling to integrate into the world economy and not just those existing or emerging trading powers. [Continue reading…]
Moving from Preferences to Aid for Trade – TDP 3/2006
Preference Erosion started to attract the interests of trade negotiators and experts by 2003. Since then the debate has gathered momentum to the point that the new policy initiative “Aid for Trade” is being looked upon as a probable complementary measure to address the losses that result from erosion of trade preferences. [Continue reading…]
Trade Preferences: Furthering Development or Political Interests? – TDP 2/2006
This briefing paper discusses the evolution of the political motives behind granting trade preferences from the post – World War II (WWII) period to the creation of the WTO. It undertakes a concise analysis of trade preferences as a source of aid with a view to answer the cui bono (who benefits?) question. [Continue reading…]
SPS Standards and Developing Countries –TDP 1/2006
Food safety issues have become more prominent in Western Europe over the last decade following a host of food scares and increasing consumer influence over production standards. [Continue reading…]
2005
Global Partnership for Development – TDP 1/2005
Economic growth can lead to poverty reduction and development, but in the present globalised world domestic policies can no longer suffice because of equal dependence on external factors such as currency fluctuations, commodity prices and competition from foreign goods. [Continue reading…]
TrAid: What Future for Developing Countries? – TDP 2/2005
The ACP-EU relations governed by successive Lome Conventions and currently the Cotonou Agreement have been one of the first partnerships between developing and developed countries to establish tight linkages between trade and development issues. [Continue reading…]
TDP Project and Links with MDG’s – TDP 3/2005
Trade can work as an engine of economic growth and consequently for poverty reduction. The overarching goal of poverty eradication and its achievement is linked to the fundamental structure of the international trade regime and trade expansion can only be seen as a means to reach this end. [Continue reading…]