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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.

korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Better Life for Girls Initiative (2016-2020)
Capacity Development of Farmer Based Organizations and Cooperatives in Northern - Ghana

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.

korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Capacity Development of Farmer Based Organizations and Cooperatives in Northern - Ghana
Inclusive Rural Development in Nawalparasi − Nepal
Improvement of Post-Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops in Lebanon – Lebanon
Rural Community Support Project (RCSP) – Rwanda
Establishment of Myanmar Agricultural Products Wholesales Market - Myanmar
Sustainable, Inclusive Rice Value Chain Development in Podor - Senegal
Shrimp Farming and Research Centre Development– Algeria
Development of Technology for Fisheries Resources Enhancement in Angola–Angola
Master Plan and Engineering Design for the Establishment of Industrial Complex in Boyolali District - Indonesia
Strengthening Competitiveness for Colombian Automotive part industry – Colombia
Enhancing the Capacity of production and distribution of high-quality rice seeds - Philippines
ILO Skills for Employment and Productivity in Low-Income Countries: Supporting the implementation of the ILO/G20 Training Strategy for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth – Mozambique and Nepal
Jalaur River Multipurpose Dam– Philippines
Irrigation Facility Development– Mali
Technology Development Center Extension − Kenya

Compliance support infrastructure and services

Assistance in this category is closely related to that under the Legal and Regulatory Framework, but places more emphasis on building the institutions in developing countries to implement such legal frameworks, and less on the details of compliance. It is an area where the specialised agencies again have the main role

korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Improvement of International Competitiveness of National Standardization System – Bolivia
Uzstandard Capacity Building by Leveraging ICT and Establishing Master-plan - Uzbekistan
Technical Cooperation in International Textile Quality Standard and Textile Testing Quality Assurance – Indonesia

Trade promotion capacity building

This category includes both direct support to exporters and the building of institutions in-country which will provide such support. It is different from many of the other categories in its direct relationship to the private sector.

indonesia

indonesia

Summary of activities included in this category
Flagship Programs
Quarantine Inspection for Animal products
Agriculture and Food Security
Trade and Industry
korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Modernization of Customs Administration – 12 countries (Belarus, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Serbia, Tanzania, DR Congo, Moldova, Costa Rica, Laos, Sudan, Honduras, and the Republic of South Africa, as of 2016)
Investment and Trade Promotion – Mozambique
Trade Capacity Promotion – Bangladesh
Educational Platform for International Trade Capacity Building in Morocco – Morocco

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.

korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Integrated information management system for the Competition Administration Department - Vietnam

Trade Facilitation

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

korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Capacity Development for Trade-Investment Promotion Agency and Establishment of a Masterplan– Myanmar
Customs Modernization – Uzbekistan
E-trade Facilitation for Peruvian Export-Import SMEs: e-PYMEX and VUCE-B2B - Peru
Electronic Single Window for International Trade system (2nd phase) - Ethiopia
Digitalization of Customs Service System – Dominican Republic
Laguindingan Airport Air-Navigation System and Support Facilities Supply– Philippines

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.

korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Transport Master Plan in Greater Accra Region – the Republic of Ghana
Feasibility Study for Upgrading National Road No.8 on the Asian Highway (AH15) Network in the Lao PDR − Laos
Capacity development of Vietnamese expressway management and institutional system – Vietnam
Feasibility study on waterway improvement for port and logistics development - Cambodia
Feasibility Study on the Improvement of the National Road No. 1,2,6, and 7 - Paraguay
Puerto Princesa Airport Development – Philippines
Construction of the New International Passenger Terminal (Tashkent-4) at the Tashkent Airport - Uzbekistan

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.

korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Financial Accessibility Enhancement for Gender Equality - Cambodia

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.

korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Better Life for Girls Initiative (2016-2020)

china

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