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In landlocked developing countries, geographical barriers to markets are unnecessarily accompanied by virtual ones: their e-connectivity rates are among the world's lowest.
In my experience, what is often missing between intent and action is the knowledge and the means to actually change the way we do business or make consumer decisions.
In my job, as head of the International Trade Centre, I have the privilege to meet entrepreneurs from across the world almost on a daily basis.
In the ten years leading up to 2013, quinoa prices nearly tripled on the back of skyrocketing international demand for the latest 'superfood'. The grain had traditionally been cultivated in the high Andean plateau, principally for household consumption. But as prices rose, farmers' incentive to sell it as a cash crop grew.
In their pursuit of growth and diversification, African economies should consider transforming the discourse from a focus on industrialisation to a broader one centred on value addition in agriculture, manufacturing, and services.
International consumers can rest assured that their quinoa purchases have benefited some of Latin America's poorest people, together with their families.
Inward-looking unilateral trade policies invite retaliation.
It has been proven through studies by the World Bank and others that companies participating in international trade are more competitive.
It is no coincidence that in the wake of the Arab Spring, investment in youth-related initiatives, especially related to employment, has increased sharply.
It makes perfect economic sense to integrate women in the economy in the developing world in order to catch up with advanced countries, thereby minimising socioeconomic costs as well.
ITC looks forward to working with the chief minister and the government of India to ensure trade leads to impact on the ground.
ITC works to help firms in poor countries become more competitive and overcome the barriers that are keeping their goods and services out of international markets.
Japan has huge potential in women - potential, especially in the area of the economy, that Japan is not using fully.
Jobs are the main channel through which people share in - or are left out of - economic growth.
Large companies everywhere tend to be more productive than small ones. But the gap in productivity is far wider in developing countries.
Latin Americans are all too familiar with the boom and bust cycles associated with economic populism.
Laws matter. With effective implementation and enforcement, good laws can nudge forward positive changes in social and cultural mores.
Many African smallholder farmers did not share in the 'green revolution' productivity gains driven by modern seeds and techniques, irrigation, and greater fertilizer use in Asia and Latin America in the 1960s.
Most people - including business leaders - want a healthy future for their children.
Our key objective is to remove obstacles to trade.
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