The Key to Unlocking the Benefits of Trade
GENEVA/WASHINGTON, DC – Supply chains form the backbone of international commerce, representing over half the value of global
The Water-Security Crisis
Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Johan Rockström, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam Mariana Mazzucato, Founding Director of the UCL
WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, is a former finance minister and foreign
The Trade-Finance Gap Is Holding Back Developing Economies
GENEVA/WASHINGTON, DC – The world economy is losing steam. With forecasts for both output and trade well below the long-term average,
The WTO Is Back
By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GENEVA – As a beautiful dawn crept over Lake Geneva on June 17, a remarkable thing happened at the World
The World Must Avoid Another Food Crisis
By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GENEVA – The war in Ukraine is causing immense, heart-wrenching human suffering. At the World Trade
The COP26 Africa Needs
By Akinwumi A. Adesina, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Vera Songwe, and Ibrahim Assane Mayaki ABIDJAN – Almost two years into the COVID-19
A Golden Opportunity to End Destructive Fishing Subsidies
By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GENEVA – It is not often that trade negotiators get a chance simultaneously to protect vulnerable people
Globalizing the COVID Vaccine
By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala LAGOS – The development and approval of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines less than a year after the
Ebola Lessons for Fighting COVID-19
By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala CAMBRIDGE – On April 12, the Democratic Republic of the Congo will mark 42 days since the last