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Areas of difficulties encountered by African countries in the development of their trade statistics
(1971-03)
For historical reasons trade statistics until fairly recently drawn up for groups of territories or countries which subsequently achieved independence individually. This applied particularly to former French West Africa, ...
Restructuring of Africa's foreign trade
(1971-07)
Africa's trade has a major role to play within the context of the Second United Nations Development Decade, and as part of the African Strategy for Development in the 1970's, if the development requirements of the region ...
Shipping and ports
(1971-08)
"Policies for the development of shipping and the reduction of maritime transport costs, and the evolution of a code of conduct for the liner conference system"
International co-operation in the field of trade : provisional note on African positions
(1971-07)
The Second United Nations Development Decade therefore opened with a serious worsening in the terms of trade of the region. There is reason to fear that the effect of the strong inflationary trend in developed market economy ...
International trade classifications : standard international trade classification (SITC)
(1971-03)
Although the search for greater comparability of foreign trade statistics has been going on for a very long time it was not until the nineteen-thirties that significant developments, towards the solution of the problem ...
Study on the criteria to be applied in formulating rules of origin in Intra-African Trade
(1971-07)
The concept of the origin of goods has grown in importance with
time and has become more specific as the system of customs tariffs of
the developed countries evolved. Originally, the countries attached
little importance ...
International procurement and development of intra- African trade
(1971-07)
The paper was originally submitted to a regional seminar on international procurement sponsored by the United Nations Institute of Training and Research and financed by the Swedish International Development Authority ...
Background paper on export credit insurance
(1971-01)
This paper is essentially a summary of the salient points that emerged at the Conference end is intended as a background document for the consideration of member countries who would wish to establish export credit insurance ...
Special measures in favour of the least developed among the developing countries : historical notes
(1971-04)
owing to the various stages of economic development existing among the developing countries and to the Varying factors responsible for their development, the trade and financial measures required to accelerate the pace.of ...
Review of activities of Africa Trade Centre
(1971-01)
The Africa Trade Centre was established in March 1970 under the aegis of the EGA in pursuance of a resolution of the member Governments, recognized very well.recognized the paramount importance of:
(a) increasing export ...