South Sudan Country Handbook : highlights of ECA’s support to South Sudan 2019-2022

Abstract

ECA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industry of South Sudan, conducted a series of training sessions for senior trade officials of Somalia and South Sudan on negotiations related to their accession to the World Trade Organization. The Government of South Sudan is facing many challenges linked with insufficient capacities in the public sector to develop, negotiate and implement trade policies. ECA spearheaded the establishment of the Business Council for the corridor to facilitate the participation of the private sector in the implementation of the corridor programmes. This report is focused on the period of economic recovery from the global pandemic, a recovery that started in 2021 and should have gained pace in 2022, were it not for an unfortunate set of circumstances, including severe drought in the Horn of Africa, conflict in the sub region and the breaking out of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in February 2022.