WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement turns two

The second anniversary of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement marks a critical implementation date. The initial step – notification on implementation and assistance – remains a pending goal for almost half of WTO members.

How labour policies can contribute to the SDGs

Experts, meeting in Geneva from 25-26 February, will explore the future of work and of income. They will examine the role for macroeconomic policies, employment policies and organized labour in addressing the challenges of employment creation in an increasingly globalized world economy.

How trade wars pose a threat to the global economy

The current trade tensions are a sword of Damocles hanging over the global economy and development prospects in 2019. Their impact goes well beyond that of reshaping international trade flows, they also hinder cooperation efforts to find solutions to global challenges, from improving the multilateral trading system to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Four trends for the emerging African intelligentsia to note

In his address to graduates of the LSE Programme for African Leadership, S-G Kituyi called on young Africans to take responsibility through a continental rather than a purely national approach. He said there had been a decline of the intelligentsia in African politics, because it doesn’t take that kind of responsibility.