Least Developed Countries

Publications and E15 Blogs

Daniel Crosby E15 Initiative

Digital Economy

E-commerce and digital trade for development: Negotiations to soft launch at MC11

by Daniel Crosby

October 2017

Independent Expert, and former Senior Economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Concepción Calpe

Agriculture and Food Security

Public stockholding programmes: What implications for food security?

by Concepción Calpe

August 2017

Building Inclusive Rules of Origin in the 21st Century

March 2017

Jeremy T. Harris

Jeremy T. Harris

Leveraging trade deals towards inclusiveness in a Trump-Brexit era: The case of rules of origin

by Jeremy T. Harris

February 2017

Emily Jones E15 Initiative

Finance and Development

Brexit: Opportunity or peril for trade with small and poor developing economies?

August 2016

Joshua Paul Meltzer E15 Initiative

Joshua Paul Meltzer

Digital Economy

The Internet and international data flows in the global economy

by Joshua Paul Meltzer

May 2016

Chairman, China Society for World Trade Organization Studies

Zhenyu Sun

Finance and Development

The G20 and global governance in trade and investment

by Zhenyu Sun

April 2016

Akihiko Tamura E15 Initiative

Future of Global Governance: Silver lining seen in COP21 Paris Agreement

by Akihiko Tamura

April 2016

Kati Suominen E15 Initiative

Global Value Chains

Silver bullet for helping small businesses trade: Plurilateral agreement on de minimis

by Kati Suominen

March 2016

Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz E15 Initiative

Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz

Richard Samans E15 Initiative

Global Trade and Investment Architecture

How can trade and investment underpin growth?

by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Richard Samans

January 2016

Finance and Development

How the Trade Facilitation Agreement Can Help Reduce Trade Costs for LDCs

January 2016

Jaime de Melo, Laurent Wagner

Jonathan T. Fried - E15 Initiative (ICTSD, World Economic Forum) Steering Board

Global Trade and Investment Architecture

After Nairobi, what lies ahead for world trade?

by Jonathan Fried

January 2016

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Finance and Development

Post-2015 International Development Agenda in the Context of Interlocking Trade and Financing in the LDCs

January 2016

Debapriya Bhattacharya

Kimberly Ann Elliott E15 Initiative

Kimberly Ann Elliott

Finance and Development

The WTO turns 20, but will it make it to 30?

by Kimberly Ann Elliott

December 2015

Advisory Centre on Investment Disputes

Investment Policy

Establishing an International Advisory Centre on Investment Disputes?

December 2015

Anna Joubin-Bret

Frans Lammersen E15 Initiative

Frans Lammersen

Finance and Development

What is next for the Aid for Trade initiative?

by Frans Lammersen

October 2015

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Finance and Development

Trade Preferences for the Least Developed Countries: Opportunities Not Panaceas

October 2015

Kimberly Ann Elliott

Finance and Development

Vulnerability Indicators for Aid Allocation

September 2015

Patrick Guillaumont

Regulatory Coherence

Promoting Greater Regulatory Coherence and Cooperation through Aid for Trade: What could be done? What role for the private sector and the WTO?

September 2015

Olivier Cattaneo

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Jonathan Hepburn

Agriculture and Food Security

Can the EU’s CAP help markets function better, and also improve food security?

by Jonathan Hepburn

August 2015