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Global Advocacy

The global advocacy category covers services that are designed to promote the use of trade as a development tool and to encourage sup­port for developing countries’ efforts to improve their trade capacity building. This includes analysis and dissemination of trade-related information, promoting understanding of the relationship between trade and development, and supporting policies. Some agencies pro­vide information on and support for the interactions between their more specialized interests and trade.

switzerland

switzerland

Summary of activities included in this category
Raising awareness
united kingdom

united kingdom

Summary of activities included in this category
AfT monitoring and awareness building
WTO Global Aid for Trade Review

Trade Policy Development

Agencies’ assistance to trade policy development is generally provided in four areas: design and implementation of trade policy; specific developing country issues in trade (such as commodity exports and preferences); support in trade negotiations; and assistance in man­aging the interactions between trade and other policies.

adb

Asian Development Bank(adb)

Summary of activities included in this category
Trainings and seminars
Trade-related manuals
Research on trade and investment
afdb

African Development Bank(afdb)

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Regional integration strategy
Trade policy training
ebrd

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(ebrd)

Summary of activities included in this category
Support for accession to the WTO GPA
fao

Food and Agriculture Organization (fao)

Summary of activities included in this category
Trade Policy Development
icao

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION(icao)

Summary of activities included in this category
Economic development of air transport
idb

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (idb)

Summary of activities included in this category
Trade Policy Development
ifad

International Fund for Agricultural Development(ifad)

Summary of activities included in this category
Results-based Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP)
ilo

International Labour Organization(ilo)

Summary of activities included in this category
Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment (ETE)
imf

International Monetary Fund(imf)

Summary of activities included in this category
Assistance to governments on trade liberalization
itc

International Trade Centre(itc)

Summary of activities included in this category
The private sector in trade policy
Increasing capacity for trade policy formulation