The overall objective of the project was to support the Republic of South Sudan to finalise conducting pre–entry studies to facilitate South Sudan’s entry into the East African Community (EAC) on favourable terms.
The specific objectives were divided into the key components as listed below:
Review of the Economic Impact of EAC Accession on South Sudan;
Review of […]
Since 2010, TMEA has worked alongside its wide range of partners to invest in increased transport capacity, more efficient border crossings, stronger public and private institutions, new IT and systems technology, and the procesess to strengthen business to play a bigger role in global trade through expanded exports.
As an issue cutting across all trade topics, […]
MITC serves to promote investment and trade–mostly focusing on exports and investment promotion in Malawi– and acts as a critical agent to the successful implementation of the National Export Strategy. The NES is a prioritized framework that fosters the generating of exports in Malawi in order to match the upward pressure on Malawi’s imports. The […]
The intention of the ADP was to design an agricultural investment and market development programme which would develop a local supply chain for various food crops from firms, cooperatives, and individual commercial farmers in 10 districts across Albertine, Uganda. The ultimate goal was to commercialise agricultural production in these districts; this was achieved by attracting […]
The overall objective of the study was to identify potential key issues for Botswana in the Tripartite TFTA in terms of (1) Botswana’s position in the negotiations relating to opportunities for trade, and (2) the potential areas of support for Botswana enterprises.
The study comprised the following specific objectives:
Investigate the potential downside of trade liberalisation under […]
The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the United States (US) signed the Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA) in 2008. The objective of TIDCA is promoting an attractive investment climate and expanding and diversifying trade between SACU and the US. The TIDCA provides for a wide range of consultative forums and cooperation in […]
The Trade Policy Centre in Africa (trapca) was established in 2006 to enhance trade policy capacity of least-developed and other developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. It was also set up to enable networking and information sharing amongst various African Countries. Trapca is based in Arusha in Tanzania. It is hosted by Eastern and Southern Africa […]
As part of the World Bank’s technical support to Botswana under the Economic Diversification and Competitiveness program, the World Bank is overseeing the development of cross-border value chain studies in three of the priority sectors. This project focused on the transport and logistics sector. Transport and logistics is a potential export sector in its own […]
The World Bank looked to assess the development of regional supply chains in context of regional and global value chains, and in particular, the role of services enablers in shaping competitiveness, participation, and upgrading of firms within these supply chains.
This project involved leading the development, implementation, and analysis of a series of surveys to assess […]
The Enhanced Integration Framework (EIF) is a multi-donor programme that aims to enable LDCs to be more active players in the global trading system. This is achieved by supporting LDCs in addressing supply-side constraints to trade. The EIF’s core objective is to mainstream trade into the development agendas of LDC countries. The EIF sits in […]
