Contribution of the Doha development agenda to the millennium development goals

Abstract

This Contribution of the Doha Development Agenda to the Millennium Development Goals delivered by Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization. Ms. Rugwabiza, on her remarks highlighted that, The MDGs established a global agenda for development. The DDA is part of this global agenda. It offers a unique opportunity to reduce poverty and generate growth, through substantial reductions and elimination of trade distortions, increased market access opportunities, and to rebalance multilateral trade rules in favor of development. The DDA also gives specific attention to cotton, a commodity from which many African countries derive a substantial proportion of their GDP. The need for this enhanced coordination at the national level between Finance/Economic Ministers and Trade Ministers is central to any regional and / or national strategy to ensure greater benefit from trade opening and significantly strengthen your regional and global integration.