International Trade

Trade Capacity Building Assistance Toolkit -- helpful for those interested in the development aspects of trade, and in understanding a growing segment of US foreign assistance.

Contents:

Issue Brief #1: What is Trade Capacity Building Assistance?

Issue Brief #2: The U.S. Government & Trade Capacity Building Assistance

Issue Brief #3: The World Bank & Trade Capacity Building Assistance

Issue Brief #4: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) & Trade Capacity Building Assistance

Issue Brief #5: Engendering Trade Capacity Building Assistance

Case Study: Costa Rica, CAFTA & The IDB

Policy Paper: “Strengthening the Connection Between Trade & Development by Reorienting Trade Capacity Building Assistance”

Special TRADE Issue of Monday Developments – Includes: an overview of what some InterAction members are doing and thinking about trade; a trade negotiations calendar for 2006; in-depth analysis of the links between trade and migration; a Southern perspective on integrating trade in anti-poverty and gender programs; and a profile describing how one InterAction member partners with Southern groups on trade advocacy. Search InterAction's library for Monday Developments Trade Issue

Tutorial on Trade & Access to Essential Medicines – Notes from an InterAction briefing by experts on the implications of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) provisions within the World Trade Organization TRIPS Agreement and various regional free trade agreements.