Trade and Poverty Paper Series, No. 3
This paper examined the experiences of three African LDCs in mainstreaming trade into their national development strategies.
It found that while they have strengthened efforts to better integrate trade into their national strategies, significant challenges remain, for instance with regard to the inclusion of local stakeholders in the trade policy-making process and in addressing the social impacts of trade reforms on vulnerable groups.
Against this backdrop, the paper underscores the need for African LDCs to have a more systematic approach to trade policymaking than in the past to enhance their ability to better use trade in support of development.
The paper also draws lessons from the experiences of the three African LDCs for other LDCs.
