October 2020 - BlueBlox

Qatar’s Logistics and Operations as a Global Trade Hub

October 7, 2020 LaetitiaOur Opinion

Qatar shares a rare quality with its neighbours – Dubai and Abu Dhabi – as being located in an ideal position on the globe to function as a global trade hub. With the 2022 FIFA World Cup being hosted in […]

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New global trade alert system launched to boost market access for developing countries

(Geneva) – A new online alert system designed to help government agencies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) keep track of the latest information on regulatory requirements for international trade was launched today (8 November) by the United... [...]

Equipping TISIs to drive membership and increase revenues

Enhancing the efficiency of Trade and Investment Support Institutions (TISIs) from across East Africa and beyond was the focus of a two-day workshop held by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in collaboration with the Zanzibar National Chamber of Commerce,... [...]

Myanmar to launch Kayah State as tourist destination at World Travel Market 2016

(Geneva) – A little-visisted region of Myanmar is to be launched as a new tourist destination at the World Travel Market 2016, an important tourism trade fair, in London between 7 and 9 November. The launch of Kayah State as a tourist destination is... [...]

Asian exporters to gain better access to Chinese market

Exporters in Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Nepal are better positioned to access the Chinese market following training from the International Trade Centre (ITC).A series of training workshops organized in each... [...]

ITC and Expertise France launch EU-funded Libya Entrepreneurship Programme

(Paris, Geneva and Tripoli) – The International Trade Centre (ITC) and Expertise France today launched the Libya Entrepreneurship Programme, which will provide six-week online training courses for young and aspiring entrepreneurs in Libya. The programme... [...]

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Niger: they fight the coronavirus in their own way

NIAMEY, NIGER, October 2, 2020—With great emotion, Fati remembers the day she learned she could no longer join the members of her association due to social distancing measures put in place by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) last spring. “This group is more than an association for me. It is my family. It would be very taxing for me to separate from them,” she said. Niger’s announcement of its first COVID-19 case in March 2020 brought a halt to economic activities, especially those of the Nigerien Association of the Locomotive Disabled (ANHL), chaired for a few years by the… [...]

Niger : elles combattent le coronavirus à leur façon

NIAMEY, NIGER, le 2 octobre 2020—L’émotion submerge encore Fati Boubacar lorsqu’elle se souvient du jour où elle a appris qu'elle ne pouvait plus voir les membres de son association, en raison des mesures de distanciation sociale mises en place par le gouvernement pour éviter la propagation du coronavirus (COVID-19), au printemps dernier. « Ce groupe est plus qu'une association pour moi. C'est ma famille. Ce serait trop dur de m'en séparer. » L’annonce par le Niger de son premier cas de COVID-19 en mars 2020 a porté un coup d’arrêt à l’activité économique, notamment à celles de l'Association nigérienne des handicapés locomoteurs… [...]

Tchad et coronavirus : comprendre la conjoncture économique et la situation de la pauvreté en quatre graphiques

N’DJAMENA, TCHAD, 30 septembre 2020—Voici ce qu’il faut retenir de la dernière note sur la situation de l’économie et de la pauvreté au temps de la COVID-19 : Avant la pandémie de COVID-19, c’est-à-dire jusqu’en février 2020, l’économie tchadienne poursuivait une reprise progressive, bien que modeste Cette reprise a été soutenue par une augmentation significative de la production pétrolière et agricole. Après la récession sévère de 2016-2017, la croissance s’est redressée à 2,4 % en 2018 et 3,2 % en 2019. La croissance du Produit intérieur brut (PIB) non pétrolier est également passée de - 0,9 % en 2017 à 2,2 % en… [...]

L’État de l’économie ivoirienne : comment la Côte d’Ivoire pourrait rebondir après la pandémie de COVID-19 et relancer la croissance

État de l’économie : une bonne performance avant la pandémie de COVID-19 qui risque d’être affectée par la situation sanitaire Avec une croissance du PIB estimée à 6,9 % en 2019—soit 4,2 % en termes de PIB par habitant— la Côte d’Ivoire est restée l’une des économies les plus performantes d’Afrique subsaharienne, tirée notamment par l’expansion de la classe moyenne, qui a soutenu la demande dans tous les secteurs. Avant l’apparition du COVID-19, les perspectives pour 2020 demeuraient favorables, tablant sur une croissance d’environ 7 %. Un chiffre revu à la baisse, à la suite de la baisse des exportations et des… [...]

The State of the Ivorian Economy: How Côte d'Ivoire Could Rebound after the COVID-19 Pandemic and Boost Growth

State of the economy: Performance strong before the COVID-19 pandemic but likely to weaken as a result of the health situation With GDP growth estimated at 6.9% in 2019 (or 4.2% in per capita terms), Côte d'Ivoire continued to be one of the best performing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, driven in particular by the expansion of the middle class, which supported demand in all sectors. Prior to the COVID-19 health situation, the outlook for 2020 remained favorable, with projected growth of about 7%. This figure has been revised downwards, following the slowdown in exports and the introduction of COVID-19 containment… [...]

مشروع جديد لتحسين جودة الهواء ومكافحة تغيُّر المناخ في القاهرة الكبرى

واشنطن العاصمة، 30 سبتمبر/أيلول، 2020 - وافق مجلس المديرين التنفيذيين للبنك الدولي اليوم على مشروع بتكلفة قدرها 200 مليون دولار لمساندة جهود مصر لتقليص انبعاث ملوثات الهواء والمناخ من القطاعات الحيوية ومكافحة تلوث الهواء في القاهرة الكبرى. وسيُركِّز المشروع على تقليص انبعاث غازات الاحتباس الحراري من المركبات، وتحسين إدارة المخلفات الصلبة، وتقوية منظومة اتخاذ القرارات الخاصة بجودة الهواء والمناخ. وبالرغم من أن جودة الهواء في القاهرة الكبرى شهدت تحسُّنا في الآونة الأخيرة إلا أن تلوث الهواء المحيط لا يزال أكبر مشكلات السلامة البيئية التي تواجهها المدينة، وهي مشكلة تُؤثِّر تأثيرا شديدا على معيشة السكان وعلى الاقتصاد. وقدَّرت الدراسات الأخيرة التكلفة… [...]

New Project to Support the Improvement of Air Quality and the Fight Against Climate Change in Greater Cairo

Washington DC, September 30, 2020 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$200 million project to support Egypt’s initiatives to reduce air and climate pollution from critical sectors and to increase resilience to air pollution in Greater Cairo. The project will focus on reducing vehicle emissions, improving the management of solid waste, and strengthening the air and climate decision-making system. Greater Cairo’s air quality has recently seen an improvement; however, ambient air pollution remains the city’s most significant environmental health issue—one that weighs heavily on residents’ quality of life and on the economy. Recent studies have… [...]

النهوض من واقع الهشاشة: كيف يمكن للعراق تحقيق النمو والاستقرار من خلال تنويع النشاط الاقتصادي

بغداد 30 سبتمبر/أيلول، 2020 - يجد العراق نفسه اليوم بعد مضي قرابة عقدين على الحرب في 2003 عند مفترق طرق، فهو محصور في شراك الهشاشة، ويواجه حالة من عدم الاستقرار المتزايد والعديد من الأزمات. ويتوقع أن يسجل العراق أسوأ أداء له على صعيد النمو السنوي لإجمالي الناتج المحلي منذ سقوط نظام صدام حسين. إلّا أنه بإمكان العراق، حتى في ظل تفشِّي جائحة فيروس كورونا (كوفيد-19)، وصدمة أسعار النفط، والاحتجاجات التي تفجرت في الآونة الأخيرة، أن ينتهج السبيل الذي يؤدي إلى النمو المستدام والسلام والاستقرار ورفع مستويات معيشة شعبه. جاء ذلك في المذكرة الاقتصادية الجديدة للعراق التي أصدرها البنك الدولي بعنوان… [...]

Breaking out of Fragility: How Iraq Can Turn Economic Diversification into Growth and Stability

Baghdad, September 30, 2020 – Nearly two decades after the 2003 war, Iraq finds itself at a crossroads: caught in a fragility trap and faced with increasing instability and multiple crises, Iraq is projected to have the worst annual GDP growth performance since the fall of the Saddam regime. Yet even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an oil price shock, and recent protests, Iraq can take the path toward sustainable growth, peace, and stability and improve living standards for its people. These are the findings of the World Bank’s new Iraq Country Economic Memorandum, titled Breaking Out of… [...]

Supporting Local Organizations to Protect Human Capital in Yemen

“In Sana’a, from morning to night, people worry about the petrol shortage, power outages, and simply getting the basics to live,” explains Faizah Al-Sulimani. Faizah works with the Small and Micro Enterprise Promotion Service, a local organization in Yemen supported by the World Bank. “As Yemenis, we need to find another solution so that we can have a good quality of life.” Yemen has been embroiled in a protracted conflict that, since 2015, has turned the poorest country in the Middle East and North Africa region into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. By the end of 2019, its death toll… [...]