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23-Jun-2010
The international community has continued to mobilise new aid-for-trade resources. In 2008 commitments totaled USD 41.7 billion, a 35% increase in real terms from 2007, and an increase of 62% from the 2002-05 baseline. The scale of the rise was such that aid for trade now reaches 37% of sector allocable ODA, up from 32% in 2007.
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Joint meeting of the DAC and the Working Party of the Trade Committee on Aid for Trade held on 7 June
15-Jun-2010
Members of the DAC and the Working Party of the Trade Committee as well as representatives from the African Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, ILO, UNDP, UNIDO, the World Bank and WTO met in OECD on 7 June to discuss ongoing OECD work on improving the effectiveness of aid for trade. For the first time the joint meeting was joined by Ambassador Erwidodo of Indonesia, the Chair of the WTO Committee on Trade and Development.
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14-Jun-2010
The OECD recently held a Workshop on Technical Barriers to Trade : Promoting Good Practice in Support of Open Markets. These proccedings bring together the presentation and background papers prepared for this workshop which attracted over 90 trade officials, regulators and other stakeholders from OECD and non-OECD countries to discuss developments in the TBT field and the associated policy challenges.
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03-Jun-2010
This note has been prepared in order to provide an explanation and summary of the changes that will take effect on 1 September 2011 to the premium-related rules of the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits.
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07-Apr-2010
Metals and minerals such as copper, titanium and rare earths are used in the production of many high-technology and energy-efficient goods such as hybrid vehicles, computers, cell phones and aircraft. This paper looks at the impacts of export restrictions that are sometimes placed on these materials.
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12-Mar-2010
Addressing the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s annual conference, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría called for new efforts to unblock the Doha Development Agenda trade talks in order to liberalise trade, stimulate business activity and boost jobs. President Obama, addressing the same conference, announced a National Export Initiative and congratulated Mr. Gurría for his leadership of the OECD.
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08-Mar-2010
The OECD, World Trade Organization and the UN’s Conference on Trade and Development have called on the leaders of the G20 countries to resist protectionism or the prospects for economic recovery may be wiped out.
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09-Jan-2012
2012 Differentiated Discount Rates valid from 15 January 2012 to 14 January 2013
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18-Dec-2009
The most common objectives of aid for trade projects (increasing trade, diversifying exports, maximizing the linkages with the domestic economy and increasing adjustment capacity) have the potential to boost growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. This paper sets forth strategies to identify the most binding constraints to trade expansion so countries and donors can channel resources toward reforms and projects that have the largest effect.
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25-Sep-2009
Welcoming the adoption of the Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth by G20 leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said new sources of jobs and growth needed for the global economy to effect a sustained recovery, will only emerge if the right structural policies are adopted by the world’s leading global economies.
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