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“It makes perfect economic sense to integrate women in the economy in the developing world in order to catch up with advanced countries, thereby minimising socioeconomic costs as well.”
“Exporting firms are more productive and pay higher wages than their domestically focused counterparts, especially in places like Sub-Saharan Africa. If firms manage to thrive in world markets, they tend to increase their productivity even more.”
“Most people - including business leaders - want a healthy future for their children.”
“International consumers can rest assured that their quinoa purchases have benefited some of Latin America's poorest people, together with their families.”
“Africans don't just need more jobs: they need better jobs.”
“Trade and investment promotion organizations are crucial partners in ITC's work to enable SMEs to internationalize. They sustain and multiply the impact of trade-related technical support and allow SMEs to function with confidence in any location.”
“Without action to de-carbonize our economies, unchecked climate change threatens to batter lives and economies around the world, hitting the poorest people hardest.”
“When women are paid for their work and have control over how the money gets spent, they invest much more of their income than men do in their families' education and health.”
“Through trade reforms, Latin American countries can boost their competitiveness in markets for goods and services.”
“The tourism industry has considerable potential to be a sustainability role model in its role as a buyer of goods and other services, from building materials and green construction standards to farm produce.”
“The 'SheTrades' programme aims to connect one million women entrepreneurs to markets by 2020 with a campaign, a focussed networking app, and a range of international and national information resources.”
“Fully implementing the WTO trade facilitation agreement is one ingredient to reduce border delays and costs for traded merchandise.”
“Companies that operate across borders have the expertise SMEs need. Who better to help smallholder farmers navigate complex sustainability standards than the companies who demand - or set - them?”
“Entrepreneurship is one of the most important drivers for job creation. Moreover, social entrepreneurship offers not only a path for young people to transform their own lives, but also a way to empower others.”
“In their pursuit of growth and diversification, African economies should consider transforming the discourse from a focus on industrialisation to a broader one centred on value addition in agriculture, manufacturing, and services.”
“Consumers need more insight into the goods and services they purchase. Businesses need to produce those goods and services more sustainably.”
“Laws matter. With effective implementation and enforcement, good laws can nudge forward positive changes in social and cultural mores.”
“ITC works to help firms in poor countries become more competitive and overcome the barriers that are keeping their goods and services out of international markets.”
“The most difficult part of Brexit will be to figure out the trade regime between the U.K. and the rest of the E.U. because the level of trade integration between the members of the E.U. is the deepest in the world and integrates regulations that govern how products and services are produced and sold within the E.U.”
“Large companies everywhere tend to be more productive than small ones. But the gap in productivity is far wider in developing countries.”