(b) Provide interim finance (particularly trade finance)

Trade and finance matters

International trade and development finance

3. Trade finance and risk management

Local trade finance tends to be expensive (high interest rates) and the trade finance products on offer is limited.

Private finance and trade drove the world economy.

Trade finance work by the two organizations is coordinated.

(d) South South Conference on Trade, Investments and Finance.

Finance, trade, governance and social equity were intimately linked.

The Arab Inter Trade Finance Programme enables Arab banks to obtain and pass on loans (up to five years) to finance trade and export oriented projects.

(i) Major multilateral organizations active in trade, finance and development

Include gender perspectives in finance and trade negotiations at all levels

(d) Bank trade finance and risk management products letters of credit and acceptance financing are still the most commonly utilized trade finance instruments, particularly for exporters in developing countries.

International trade had not yet generated adequate resources to finance development needs.

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(e) Relationship between the United Nations and international finance and trade institutions

VIII. Relationship between the United Nations and international finance and trade institutions

Addressing the problem of finance, the panelist highlighted the importance of providing SMEs with trade finance and not only with micro finance, which was often restricted to domestic use.

The experience of e trade finance platforms of developing countries shows that some of them have players who can compete with major providers in terms of the use of web based technologies, which make it possible to develop e credit information techniques, undertake e trade finance operations and even reconcile the whole spectrum of online trade operations, including e trade finance.

Provision of finance was essential before any other trade related activity could be commenced.

One major concern relates to the destabilizing and deflationary feedbacks among trade, debt and finance.

The second is asymmetry in decision making and norm setting in international trade and finance.

There is a continuing need to improve the systemic coherence between trade, debt and finance.

Openness to trade, investment and finance are commonly cited elements of such a policy package .

Priorities for the future included technical assistance, setting up of databases (particularly on financial services providers and national, regional and international trade finance and insurance programmes), creation of an Internet site on international trade finance and training activities.

There is a continuing need to improve consistency and systemic coherence among trade, debt and finance.

The inclusion of provisions relative to the provision of trade finance in the agreement was notable.

31. UNCTAD should assist Trade Points in developing their capability to offer their SME clients advice and referrals regarding trade finance and risk management alternatives.

There was a call for enhanced interaction between the Council and the international trade and finance institutions.

30. The private sector is now playing an increasingly visible role in trade finance in developing countries.

10. Increased interactions and integration among countries in the region through trade, finance and investment are beneficial.

28. Inadequate access to competitive trade finance and insurance products is a key obstacle to increasing international trade in a number of developing and transition economies.

Concerns about the security of e payments and e finance instruments often result in a wait and see approach among traders and financial services providers that in the end delays the elimination of expensive, error prone paper based trade and trade finance.

Under the first track, ESCAP would strengthen its technical assistance programme, especially in finance trade and resource mobilization.

The rules of international trade and finance and technology access are weighted against the poor and the weak.

The Second Committee had taken up a number of issues relating to trade, finance, globalization and poverty eradication.

Technology issues were addressed relative to their interrelationship with trade in goods and services, investment, finance and environment.

51. During the crisis, a major impediment to economic recovery proved to be the unavailability of trade finance.

14. With the growing integration of the world economy, interaction between macroeconomic, trade, finance and development policies had intensified.

(c) An improvement of the international systems of money, finance and trade so as to support the development process

16. Typically, trade embargoes entail forfeiture of foreign exchange earnings that may be badly needed to finance essential imports.

quot Welcoming the Declaration and Plan of Action adopted by the South South Conference on Trade, Finance and Investment, held at San José, Costa Rica, from 15 to 19 January 1997, which outlined concrete modalities on sectoral issues relating to trade, finance, investment and enterprise cooperation,

Excerpts from the proceedings of the World Trade Organization Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration held on 29 September 1997

The health sector is seeking to interact with other sectors such as agriculture, education, finance, trade, the environment and others.

Technical cooperation focuses on four clusters (i) development strategies and trade policy (ii) trade facilitation and logistics (iii) public finance modernization and reform and (iv) enterprise, investment and competition policy.