Trade & Regional Integration

Private sector development and the facilitation of trade, often through better regional integration and agreements, help to build a stronger global market place and fuel development across borders.

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Customs - Export helpdesk - Fair Trade - Market access - Multilateral trade negotiations - Regional integration - Regional trade agreements (RTAs) - Trade administration - Trade education/training - Trade facilitation - Trade Policy - Trade-related adjustment - Aid for trade

Entrepreneurship in Africa: Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises to Ensure Sustainable Growth

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 29 October 2015

SMEs in developing countries face significant financing challenges due to the lack of appropriately-sized loans available to them. Needs on either end of the spectrum are – relatively – better addressed; large firms have a variety of mechanisms to choose from and grassroots initiatives fill the gap...

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Michael Otieno commented on an article | 28 October 2015

Assessing the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility

Am developing an academic project paper with focus on socio-economic impacts of CSR by a multi-national in Kenya and the insights so far look very interesting. The questions emerging so far are: (1) whether CSR have any meaningful change in the lives of target communities/beneficiaries lives (2)...
Entrepreneurship in Africa: Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises to Ensure Sustainable Growth

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 21 October 2015

SMEs in developing countries face significant financing challenges due to the lack of appropriately-sized loans available to them. Needs on either end of the spectrum are – relatively – better addressed; large firms have a variety of mechanisms to choose from and grassroots initiatives fill the gap...

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Trade Standards Compliance 2015: Meeting Standards, Winning Markets

UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Organization uploaded a new Document | 12 October 2015

tscr_2015_final.pdf 10.79 MB

The increasing importance of standards in international trade of agri-food products The latest wave of globalization has been characterized by a remarkable process of market liberalization. With the completion of numerous rounds of multilateral, regional and bilateral trade negotiations, the world...

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Assessing the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 5 October 2015

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is now a well-established field in which companies are expected to take measures to improve their impacts on society and the environment. But why should businesses be more responsible, how can this influence development, and how can they assess their impact?

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Assessing the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 2 October 2015

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is now a well-established field in which companies are expected to take measures to improve their impacts on society and the environment. But why should businesses be more responsible, how can this influence development, and how can they assess their impact?

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Learning from Each Other – The Access to Medicine Index

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 28 September 2015

There are still 2 billion people in the world today without access to medicine. “We cannot solve this problem without the efforts and cooperation of many people and organisations,” said Wim Leereveld, founder and CEO of the Access to Medicine Foundation (AMF).

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Leveraging Private Sector Participation for Development

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 27 September 2015

With countries like Myanmar approaching critical points of no return in their economic and social development, financing and support mechanisms must promote sustainable and socially-responsible growth. “We are open for business – but not at all costs,” said Aung Tun Thet, the Economic Advisor to...

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Leveraging Private Sector Participation for Development

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 25 September 2015

With countries like Myanmar approaching critical points of no return in their economic and social development, financing and support mechanisms must promote sustainable and socially-responsible growth. “We are open for business – but not at all costs,” said Aung Tun Thet, the Economic Advisor to...

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Learning from Each Other – The Access to Medicine Index

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 18 September 2015

There are still 2 billion people in the world today without access to medicine. “We cannot solve this problem without the efforts and cooperation of many people and organisations,” said Wim Leereveld, founder and CEO of the Access to Medicine Foundation (AMF).

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