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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.

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Summary of activities included in this category
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
Making Markets Work Better for the Poor (M4P)
Food and Retail Industry Challenge Fund (FRICH)
ITC Women and Trade

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.

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Summary of activities included in this category
Mozambique Regional Gateway Programme
Regional Infrastructure Programme for Africa (RIPA)