Economic Development
Africa gains as WTO delivers breakthrough deals
¡°Geneva Package¡± includes deals on fish, intellectual property rights waiver and food security
Trade
What Africa expects of the new WTO Chief Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
As Dr. Okonjo-Iweala takes office Africa seeks equitable COVID-19 vaccine access, support for free trade area, better market access and breaking of longstanding deadlocks.
Empowerment
History made as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala picked to head WTO
The Nigerian former minister is the first woman and first African to hold this position
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What Doha means for Africa
Compromises at WTO trade talks bring some gains, but at an uncertain cost
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New WTO proposals stir controversy
¡°Singapore issues¡± could undermine local enterprises in Africa
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Does financing benefit African women?
New initiatives to track the gender impact of development funds
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Africans fear ¡®ruin¡¯ in Europe trade talks
Opposition grows to more inequitable trade liberalization
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Loss of textile market costs African jobs
Diversification, efficiency hold key for economic recovery
Cover Story
Trade talks: where is the development?
In North and South, critics see ¡°Doha round¡± as a run-around
Cover Story
African migration: from tensions to solutions
Migrants who leave their countries in search of work are currently not adequately protected by international law
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New barriers hinder African trade
Health standards in rich countries limit continent¡¯s ability to export