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Legal and Regulatory Framework

Assistance under this category includes helping countries to bring their own regulations into conformity with international rules, more general help to improve their legal institutions, and training officials to deal with such rules. A number of the agencies specialise in par­ticular areas, rather than trying to provide expertise on the legal rules in all sectors. For several, the aim is to balance trade-related obli­gations with other national (or international) interests.

uneca

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa(uneca)

Summary of activities included in this category
Trade negotiations
Support to the process of CFTA negotiations
Model law on infrastructure financing
Trainings

Supply Capacity

In line with the trade focus of this Guide, support activities to develop supply capacity are considered to be those that aim to increase the availability of goods and services for export. There is no easy distinction between this and building more general capacity to pro­duce, and this distinction is becoming less pertinent as borders open and competition in local markets from imports increases. Some agencies do not make this distinction in their projects.

uneca

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa(uneca)

Summary of activities included in this category
Training
The United States of America’s African Growth and Opportunity Act
Agriculture - Industrialization
ICT observatory