Over the past 25 years, trade has generated sustained global economic growth, higher income levels and reduced poverty. We must ensure that progress and associated developmental gains are not reversed.
In this context, trade has a role to play in responding to the challenges raised by the pandemic. For instance, keeping markets open will help speed recovery and promote resilience in the broader context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Aid-for-Trade Stocktaking Event will mark the occasion to discuss developing and least developed countries' trade needs arising from the pandemic and seek to mobilize financing for a continued, sustained response that supports recovery and resilience.
Keynote speakers: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (WTO), Angel Gurría (OECD), Kristalina Georgieva (IMF), David Malpass (World Bank Group), Isabelle Durant (UNCTAD) and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (WHO).
- international trade | World Trade Organisation | trade policy
- Tuesday 23 March 2021, 09:15 - Thursday 25 March 2021, 17:30 (CET)
- Live streaming available
- Trade topics
- Support for developing countries
- Trade policy
- Event type
- Outreach and awareness
Practical information
- When
- Tuesday 23 March 2021, 09:15 - Thursday 25 March 2021, 17:30 (CET)
- Languages
- English
- Organisers
- World Trade Organization
- Website
- Aid-for-Trade Stocktaking Event 2021
Description
The Aid-for-Trade stocktaking event aims to survey the trade impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and make the case for the mobilisation of Aid-for-Trade financing to support recovery and foster resilience.