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 [...]

Helping developing countries during the financial crisis

2 May 2009 in Africa, Asia, Banking, Caribbean, Crisis, Development, Economy, European Union, OECD, Poverty, Publications

Developing countries are severely hit by the global economic crisis. The leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies, recognising that the global financial crisis has ‘a disproportionate impact’ on vulnerable people in poor countries, have promised to make hundreds of billions of United States dollars available to these countries as part of a $1.1 trillion [...]

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 [...]

IDB/MIF: 2008 Call for proposals: Financing facility for remittances

26 April 2008 in Caribbean, Economy, Migration, Remittances
Tags: Latin America

The Financing Facility for Remittances is opening its 2008 call for proposals on ”Promoting innovative remittance systems and investment channels for migrants”. http://www.iadb.org/mif/newsDetail.cfm?language=English&ID=48

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 [...]