January 08
Africa: Africa Squeezed Between Import Substitution and Dependency Syndrome
Squeezed between import substitution and dependency syndrome, a condition characterized by a set of associated economic symptoms--that is rules and regulations--majority of African… Read more »
December 19, 2025
Kenya: Farmers Can Now Measure and Benefit From Fruit Tree Carbon Trade
Farmers can now know and benefit from their contribution to climate change thanks to a formula that can be used to calculate the amount of carbon stored in fruit trees. Read more »
October 07, 2025
Africa: No African Development From Western Trade Policies
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct 7 2025 (IPS) - The World Bank's 1981 Berg Report provided the blueprint for structural adjustment, including economic liberalisation in Africa.… Read more »
August 22, 2025
Africa: Boosting Trade in the World's Least Developed Countries - the Power of Technology
Artificial intelligence and the use of frontier technologies are already transforming trade and boosting prosperity, particularly for developed and some developing countries. This… Read more »
August 07, 2025
Africa: Africa's 'Land-Linked' Nations Chart a New Trade Route to Prosperity
Once relegated to the periphery of Africa's economic map due to their lack of coastline, the continent's landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) are now reframing their geographic… Read more »
August 05, 2025
Africa: UN Trade and Environment Agencies Target Plastic Pollution Through Global Negotiations and Trade Measures
They are lightweight, cheap, and able to be used in every sector of every supply chain. Few materials have revolutionized manufacturing and the global economy as much as plastics… Read more »
July 03, 2025
Africa: African Fish Workers Excluded From International Trade Deals - Report
A new report has raised concerns about the exclusion of African fish workers from trade protocols between their governments and developed countries, resulting in impoverished… Read more »
January 01, 2013
Ethiopia: The Rise of Ethiopia's Sole Rebels
Innovative Ethiopian footwear manufacturer Sole Rebels will open its second retail outlet in Taiwan this year. With ambitions to open 30 more franchise stores across the world in… Read more »
March 28, 2011
Southern Africa: Customs Union Eyeing the Money, Not Development
A new revenue sharing formula in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) could boost development but has met with resistance from the governments of poorer states in the… Read more »
June 29, 2007
Ethiopia: Starbucks Coffee Deal Hailed As Model
A deal between Starbucks and Ethiopia that ends their trademark dispute and offers more benefits to Ethiopian coffee farmers has been hailed as a potential model for other poor… Read more »
February 04, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire: Falling Global Prices Make Cotton Unattractive
To stem famine and counter a major reduction in rice imports, more and more farmers have been growing rice during the political crisis that has split Ivory Coast in two since 2002. Read more »
July 12, 2004
Congo-Brazzaville: Country Cut From 'Clean' Diamond List
An international diamond "policing" scheme has stricken the Republic of Congo from its list of countries certified as following global trading rules, and accused the… Read more »
