Official Documents
How Investment Climate Assessments are Shaping Reform, by Andrew Stone, World Bank Group, November 19, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 1MB) (World Bank website)
WB Trade Note 19: “Agricultural Negotiations: Recent Developments in the Doha Round”, by Carlos Primo Braga, World Bank Group, November 5, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 49KB) (World Bank website)
The World Bank Trade Research Program: Summary & Synthesis, by Bernard Hoekman, The World Bank, April 2004 (World Bank website)
Burundi Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS), Integrated Framework, November 2003 (Acrobat pdf 773KB) (Integrated Framework Website). Also available: Français (Acrobat pdf 779 KB) (An example of a completed DTIS document for Burundi)
Africa Trade and Standards Project (ATSP) Status Report, World Bank, August 2003 (World Bank website)
Africa Region Trade Progress Note, World Bank, June 2003 (Acrobat pdf 112KB) (World Bank website)
The Cotonou Agreement and its Implications for the Regional Trade Agenda in Eastern and Southern Africa, World Bank, June 2003 (Acrobat pdf 2.24 MB) (World Bank Website) (This paper—a product of the Regional Integration and Cooperation Unit, Africa Region—is part of a larger effort in the region to contribute to the debate on regional integration in Africa.)
From Action to Impact: The Africa Region’s Rural Strategy, World Bank, July 2002 (World Bank website) (This paper outlines the Bank’s rural development strategy, including the overlap between trade and rural development strategies.)
Civil Society Analysis
The Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance. An Introduction., Bank Information Center, Fall 2004 (Acrobat pdf 209 KB) (BIC website)
Poor Numbers: The Impact of Trade Liberalization on World Poverty, by Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick and Dean Baker of CEPR, November 18, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 472KB) (CEPR website)
Cooperation Among the IMF, World Bank and the WTO: Multilateral organizations join efforts in liberalizing trade, October 29, 2004, article in Portuguese (Rede Brasil website)
IMF-WB-WTO Synthesis Report, by Rick Rowden, Results Educational Fund, October 2001 (Bretton Woods Project website)
Trade Liberalization and the Role of International Financial Institutions, by Aldo Caliari and Mariama Williams, Center of Concern, October 2004 (Acrobat pdf 150KB) (BIC website)
The World Bank and Trade Reform in Africa: The WTO is not alone, Bank Information Center, Fall 2004 (Acrobat pdf 168 KB) (BIC website)
The Political Economy of Regional Trade Agreements in Africa, by Oduor Ong’wen (SEATINI website)
International Trade Policy: Violently Intent on Keeping Us in Poverty, by Riaz Tayob, 2004 (SEATINI website)
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Africa: A 'Disastrous' Record, by Demba Moussa Dembele, 2004 (AIDC website)
Some Selected Issues in the Coherence Agenda of the WTO and the Bretton Woods Institutions, by Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern (Acrobat pdf 218KB) (COC website)
Capacity of International Financial Institutions to Support Trade Liberalisation in Low-income and Vulnerable Countries, by Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern, and Mariama Williams, International Gender and Trade Network, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 415 KB) (COC website)
Trade and Debt: Africa’s Experience by Barbara Kalima, AFRODAD (Acrobat pdf 78KB) (AFRODAD website)
Circling the wagons: World Bank-IMF-WTO coherence, Bretton Woods Project, May 26, 2003 (Bretton Woods Project website)
Too hot to handle? The absence of trade policies from PRSPs, by Paul Ladd, April 2003 (Christian Aid website) (Acrobat pdf 688KB) (ChristianAid website)
Cornering the Market: The World Bank and trade capacity building, Bretton Woods Project, September 16, 2002 (Bretton Woods Project website)
Coherence between Trade and Financial Policies: Summary of Issues and Possible Research and Advocacy Agenda, by Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern, September 2002 (Center of Concern website) (Acrobat pdf 310KB) (COC website)
What Works? Trade, Policy and Development, by Claire Melamed, July 2002 (Christian Aid website) (Acrobat pdf 470KB) (ChristianAid website)
Rigged Rules and Double Standards: Trade, Globalization and the Fight Against Poverty, Oxfam, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 1.5MB) (Make Trade Fair website)
Useful Web Pages
Third World Network Africa Africa Trade: Publications & Reports (World Bank website) (This webpage provides a link for a variety of trade-related applied research and policy studies)
World Bank Group webpage on Investment Climate Assessments (ICAs) [This web page contains information on and links to Investment Climate Assessments (ICA)]
Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries (This site provides status progress reports for more than 22 African countries)
World Bank webpage on Africa trade with links to Bank publications on trade in Africa, trade-related projects, and other sources of information
World Bank Assistance for Trade in Africa (This link provides informal progress Reports produced by the World Bank on trade in Africa. There is no scheduled timetable for updates of these reports.)
A Brighter Future? Energy in Africa’s Development (This page on the Bank’s energy strategy in Africa also outlines how their energy strategy links with their trade strategy)
World Trade Organization website Government/Institutional Organizations (World Bank Website) (This site provides links to other popular multi-national institutions with information on trade in Africa)
World Bank Trade Notes (World Bank website) (This webpage provides a link a series of briefings on key issues in trade)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Africa Region Working Paper Series (World Bank website) (This webpage provides a link for a variety of trade-related applied research and policy studies)
World Bank Web page on Trade (The World Bank Trade Section has a site that houses general reports, including progress notes, and links to information on the Bank’s trade-related lending activities. To access World Bank pages on trade in other regions, click here. )