European Commission adopts communication on Fair Trade

3 July 2009 in ACP, Caribbean, Development, Economy, European Union, Trade

The European Commission has adopted a communication on the role of Fair Trade and non-governmental trade-related sustainability assurance schemes. The communication recognises the significant development of the Fair Trade movement and the significance of a European market now worth EUR 1.5 billion per year. The communication also lays out new policy areas where Fair Trade [...]

Development Aid at its highest level ever in 2008

2 May 2009 in ACP, Development, OECD

In 2008, total net official development assistance (ODA) from members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rose by 10.2% in real terms to USD 119.8 billion. This is the highest dollar figure ever recorded. It represents 0.30% of members’ combined gross national income. Bilateral development projects and programmes have been on a rising trend [...]

New information on Aid for Trade from the EC

2 May 2009 in ACP, Economy, European Union, Trade

The European Commission has published a new document on Aid for Trade. This publication provides a clearer picture of this development assistance strategy. It examines the broad scope of Aid for Trade, explains the key types of Aid for Trade under the themes of ‘‘narrow” Aid for Trade (Trade Related Assistance) and ‘‘Wider” Aid for [...]

Diaspora to Promote Job Creation and Youth Development in Africa

2 May 2009 in ACP, Africa, Crisis, Development, Employment, Migration, Remittances

More than 50 Washington D.C.-based members of the African Diaspora participated in the launch of the 2008/2009 Africa Development Indicators (ADI) report . As this year’s ADI focuses on ‘‘Youth and Employment in Africa – The Potential, The Problem, The Promise”, the launch targeted Diaspora with an interest in youth development and promoting job creation [...]

Report shows EU imports from developing countries growing

26 April 2008 in ACP, Africa, Caribbean, Economy, European Union, Trade

The European Commission has presented to the European Parliament its regular report on the openness of the European market to imports from developing countries. The report sets out how the EU has continued in 2007 to use its trade policy to advance a pro-development agenda and analyses the relevant data for which the most recent [...]

UNCTAD XII to consider impact of economic trends on development

1 April 2008 in ACP, Africa, Development, Trade, WTO

Twelfth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to take place in
Accra, Ghana, 20-25 April
Heads of state, ministers, economists to discuss better translation of globalization gains into poverty reduction; nurturing and expanding South-South trade; commodities boom; regional integration; foreign investment for development, debt management; technology; growing impact of creative economy; importance of small firms and [...]

EU-ACP: 10th EDF country strategy papers adopted

11 February 2008 in ACP, Africa, Caribbean, Development, European Union, Publications, Trade

A good number of country strategy papers for the implementation of the 10th European Development Fund in the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries have now been adopted and signed. They are available on EC website at: http://ec.europa.eu/development/how/iqsg/documents_library_en.cfm
A rapid overview of the 31 CSPs that were signed on 9 December 2007 at the occasion of [...]

Economic Partnership Agreements Negotiations: Where do we stand?

23 January 2008 in ACP, Africa, Caribbean, Development, European Union, Trade
Tags: Business Environment, Development Policy, Poverty, Trade

At a time when the pace of the EPA negotiations has increased in all regions, and the state of play is ever changing, accessing the latest information available on these wide-ranging agreements is of essence. Pursuing its efforts to increase the transparency of the highly sensitive EPA negotiations, ECDPM has decided to set up dedicated [...]