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Market and Trade Information

Market information and trade information services are different in their focus and methods. Market information is about sub-sectors and products, while trade information focuses on the aggregate level, including data on trade flows, policies affecting trade, and trends in these. Market information is usually targeted at traders. Trade information is, broadly speaking, intended to be used by policy-makers.

european commission

european commission

Summary of activities included in this category
EU’s Export Helpdesk for developing countries (EH)

Trade Facilitation

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

denmark

denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Readiness – adaptation and mitigation activities - Climate Envelope 2013 - UNOPS
Denmark’s Aid for Trade support to Trade facilitation through TradeMark East Africa
european commission

european commission

Summary of activities included in this category
Single Window for the External Trade of Peru

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. 

denmark

denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Denmark’s Aid for Trade support to Trade facilitation through TradeMark East Africa

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.

denmark

denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Road Bridges - Ghana
Electrification - Mozambique
Somalia Country Programme
U-Growth II Programme - Uganda
Denmark’s Aid for Trade support to Trade facilitation through TradeMark East Africa
european commission

european commission

Summary of activities included in this category
EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure

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.

denmark

denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Regional Energy Savings Insurance and Risk Management Program
Access to Investment Finance for SMEs
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) Facility
european commission

european commission

Summary of activities included in this category
ACP Investment Facility
Latin America Investment Facility (LAIF)
Central Asia Investment Facility (IFCA) and Asian investment Facility (AIF)
Neighborhood Investment Facility (NIF)

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.

denmark

denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Business Sector Programme Support - Phase IV - Tanzania
Denmark’s Aid for Trade support to Trade facilitation through TradeMark East Africa
european commission

european commission

Summary of activities included in this category
Under consideration

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.

denmark

denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Shaping a child and youth friendly city
Thematic Programme Growth and Employment - Afghanistan
Economic Growth and Job Creation in the agricultural Sector - Niger
Agriculture and rural development
Business Sector Programme Support - Phase IV - Tanzania
Support to Private Sector Development - Phase II - Ghana
Denmark’s Aid for Trade support to Trade facilitation through TradeMark East Africa

Other Trade-Related Activities

Other types of assistance, although some of them may not be specifically targeted at trade, may be intended to affect trade.

denmark

denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) Facility
Support to Global Water Partnership (GWP)