VOIR
AUSSI:
Communiqués
de presse
Nouvelles
Allocutions:
Mike Moore
Allocutions:
Renato Ruggiero 1995-1999
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This
expert-based seminar is the first-ever major seminar to
be held on the subject of mainstreaming a trade
integration agenda into country development and poverty
reductions strategies. It is also the first joint
activity to be hosted by the six core IF Agencies (ITC,
IMF, UNCTAD, UNDP, World Bank, and the WTO).Although
the seminar focuses on least-developed countries (LDCs),
the issues raised extend well beyond LDCs to encompass
developing and other countries. The integration of trade
priority areas of action with country finance and
development objectives is directly linked to several core
issues featuring in discussions amongst WTO Members,
including i) the implementation of WTO commitments and
obligations as well as the exercise of rights and use of
opportunities; ii) the efficient delivery of
trade-related technical assistance within a coherent and
programmed inter-agency policy framework; and iii) the
development ends of trade reform and further multilateral
trade liberalization.
Trade
is one component of a policy framework for growth,
poverty reduction and development. Trade must be part of
the equation, but it is only a part of that framework.
Sound macroeconomic policies, debt reduction, capacity
building and good governance are critical to any
programme of development and poverty reduction. These
issues fall outside the WTO mandate but are within the
competence of other international organizations including
WTO partners in the integrated framework. Governments and
officials from these organizations believe a co-ordinated
programme of support from these agencies offers the
world's poorest countries the opportunity better address
their development and poverty reduction needs.
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