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AID FOR TRADE Interview with Patricia Francis, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre

Q: You were appointed Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC) in June 2006. What do you consider are your main achievements since taking office? I would say refocusing the organization –– to bring everybody to one place –– which was a very difficult thing to do. ITC was fragmented, and now we’re working more in unison. I believe one of the most important things we’ve achieved is that now we all share a common vision. We had…

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Aid for Trade: Challenges Ahead BY MARIAROSARIA IORIO, INTERNATIONAL POLICY ANALYST

From the Task Force Recommendations (2006) to the Second Global Review (6-7 July 2009) Aid for Trade was launched in 2006 at a moment when the crisis was not yet at the horizon, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) seemed on track to be concluded (not without difficulties). Three years after the Task Force (TF) Recommendations on Aid for Trade (2006), the second Global Review on Aid Trade faces high expectations, in spite of the gloomy context in which…

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