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Trade Facilitation

This category covers the development, harmonization, and implementation of the rules and procedures which govern how goods cross borders.

japan

japan

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Support to the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement
sweden

sweden

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Support to World Customs Organization (WCO)
Trapca

E-commerce Services & Digital Economy

This category includes capacity building activities directed to development of e-commerce from the perspective of the physical and regulatory factors, for example reducing barriers to trade across distance via electronic marketplaces, development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure, and regulatory frameworks. 

japan

japan

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Support in ICT infrastructure
sweden

sweden

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UNCTAD eTrade for all

Physical Trade Infrastructure

Like Supply Capacity, this is a category where the boundary between trade support and more general support to production or develop­ment is not clearly defined. Some agencies try to allocate spending on individual projects partially to trade and partially to other purposes; others focus on the principal purpose of a project or a type of activity.

japan

japan

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Enhancing Private Sector Assistance for Africa (EPSA)

Trade-Related Financial Services

Trade finance is one of the areas where exporters from developing countries are most disadvantaged compared to those from developed coun­tries because selling at a distance to purchasers who are not directly known within the country requires special skills and risk assessment from banks. Only when exports reach a sufficiently high level is it profitable for banks in a country to acquire these skills, so exporters, par­ticularly SMEs, are hampered by difficulty in accessing export finance. Therefore both the cost and the availability of appropriate finance are problems. Some agencies offer support to build national capacity, while others try to fill the gap until such capacity is available.

japan

japan

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Facilitating trade and investment in Africa – JBIC (Facility for African Investment and Trade Enhancement 2(FAITH2))
sweden

sweden

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Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Initiative
EBRD Ukraine Multidonor Account

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

South-South cooperation is the process whereby two or more developing countries pursue their individual and/or shared national capacity development objectives through exchanges of knowledge, skills, resources and technical know-how, and through regional and interregional collective actions, including partnerships involving Governments, regional organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector, for their individual and/or mutual benefit within and across regions.

Triangular Cooperation is a southern-driven partnership between two or more developing countries, supported by a developed country or multilateral organization(s), to implement development cooperation programmes and projects.

japan

japan

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Third Country Training Program
sweden

sweden

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Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa

Gender Mainstreaming, Employment and Youth

The category intends to report on activities to support women's economic empowerment, employment and activities targeted at the youth.

japan

japan

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Kenya: Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion Unit Project (SHEP UP), Project on Enhancing Gender Responsive Extension Services in Kenya (Technical Cooperation)
Japan-Africa Business Women Exchange Program (BWEP) (Invitation Program and Issue-based Training)
sweden

sweden

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UNCTAD Trade and Gender toolbox for the assessment and measurement of gender effects of trade policies
UNCTAD Trust Fund for Capacity Building in Trade and Gender
Gender analysis of the EU AA/DCFTAS with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
International Alert: Democratic Republic of Congo and Great Lakes Region