Future of International Trade and Investment
These are the lessons we can learn for the future of Aid-for-Trade
Five actions that matter to the future of Aid-for-Trade.
Anabel González
Anabel Gonzalez is Senior Director of the World Bank Group Global Practice on Trade and Competitiveness. Previously, she served as Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade and the president's principal advisor, negotiator, and spokesperson on trade and investment policy. During her more than 15 years of service with the Ministry of Foreign Trade, she has held various positions including Director General for International Trade Negotiations and Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade. She also served as the Director to the Agriculture and Commodities Division of the World Trade Organization, where she contributed to the Doha Round, providing advice and support to senior management and member countries. She also worked at the Inter-American Development Bank as Senior International Consultant on Trade and Investment, leading projects related to implementation of trade agreements, regional economic integration, Aid for Trade, and investment issues. For the past two years, Anabel has served as Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Trade and Foreign Direct Investment. As from September 2014, she will lead the Global Agenda Council on Competitiveness.
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Nuevos modelos de crecimiento
5 cosas que las compañías de servicios deben hacer para garantizarse su futuro
En todo el mundo, los servicios enfrentan desafíos sin precedentes que nacen de las demandas de un mercado que está cambiando rápidamente. Para lidiar con estos cambios y emerger como com...
America Latina
3 desafíos que las economías latinoamericanas deben superar para impulsar el comercio intrarregional
El surgimiento de la Alianza del Pacífico, un ambicioso y progresista mecanismo de integración que incluye a Colombia, Chile, México y Perú, ha reavivado el impulso de la integración reg...
Future of Economic Growth and Social Inclusion
3 challenges Latin American economies must overcome to boost intraregional trade
Intraregional trade is vital for economic growth in Latin America. To achieve it, these challenges must first be overcome.
Future of International Trade and Investment
We musn't lose sight of this: Across the world trade has raised incomes and cut inequality
Trade and global integration have raised incomes across the world, while dramatically cutting poverty and global inequality.
Supply Chain and Transport
This is how local suppliers can take to the global stage
Anabel Gonzalez looks at how local suppliers can take advantage of the presence of international firms.
Future of International Trade and Investment
The future of trade, inequality and globalization
Anabel Gonzalez, World Bank Group Senior Director for Trade & Competitiveness, talks global trade, inequality and globalization.
Global shapers
Why globalization is the only way forward
Anabel González calls on policymakers to stop trying to roll back economic integration and start trying to improve it.
Global
Q&A: How can we boost global competitiveness?
Cut trade costs, embrace technology, argues the World Bank’s Anabel González. She talked to Agenda as part of an interview series for the Summit on the Global Agenda in Abu Dhabi. How wor...
Competitiveness Framework
5 ways to close the global innovation divide
High income economies are dominating global innovation. Led by Switzerland, the top 10% are outpacing the rest in innovation as measured by the 2014 Global Innovation Index. This rich-poo...
Global
How increasing competition can reduce poverty
The role of policies that ensure and promote competition in the marketplace have moved to the forefront of economics and the development agenda. The Australian G20 presidency highlighted ...
Future of International Trade and Investment
How to ensure the poor benefit from global trade
This week the World Bank Group, the largest multilateral provider of aid for trade, is participating in the World Trade Organization’s 5th Aid for Trade Global Review. Every two years, th...
Gender Parity
How can we increase women’s participation in international trade?
Women – as entrepreneurs, heads of households and consumers, among other roles – are crucial to ending poverty and boosting global prosperity. They are key to success in international tra...
Future of Economic Growth and Social Inclusion
Can standards help countries participate in global value chains?
Consumers around the world increasingly demand products and services that are simultaneously good for the economy, for the environment, and for society—the triple bottom line of susta...
Latin America
Latin America in the age of mega-regional trade deals
Just months into 2015, the world is poised to reset the stage of international trade. A new negotiating agenda is gaining momentum. Leaders are striking up important conversations about t...