Getting the Framework Right
Summary
Despite some shortcomings, the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance for Least Developed Countries (IF) is recognized as a sound basis for trade capacity building and coordination among assistance providers. The IF process was revamped in 2000. As a result, a diagnostic tool for trade development is now part of the process. The government must be able to provide the right leadership when both formulating and implementing trade development policies. Partnerships are important; trade matters to so many different groups that they all need to be involved. Resources are needed to strengthen the capacity of the focal point to drive the process, including the creation of a national implementation unit and the provision of both secretariat resources and adequate capacity-building support in trade-related issues.
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Getting the Framework Right
Despite some shortcomings, the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance for Least Developed Countries (IF) is recognized as a sound basis for trade capacity building and coordination among assistance providers.
First mandated at the 1996 WTO Singapore Ministerial Conference and subsequently endors...See the full content of this document