Compilied from information provided by members of the DAG Private Sector Development and Trade (PSD&T) Technical Working Group, this document is a comprehensive survey of donor-funded projects relating to private sector development and trade. This survey can be used to identify synergies and redundancies across the donor community seeking to reduce poverty through private sector and trade development as well as law and policy reform. 

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Effective integration into the multilateral trading system requires more than simply earning of mere membership to the WTO. In fact, no single factor alone is adequate enough to achieve such integration. This position paper by USAID, 'REINFORCING ETHIOPIA’S INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW FRAMEWORK FOR A STRONGER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: A CASE FOR THE RATIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CONVENTION AND THE CISG' (2008) is intended to serve as a background document to make a case for Ethiopia‘s ratification of these instruments. Accordingly, this paper examines the prospect of Ethiopia‘s adoption of the New York Convention and the CISG as measures complementary to Ethiopia‘s existing commercial law reform efforts.

Included here is an explanation of what each treaty intends to accomplish, the benefits and costs of treaty implementation, technical aspects of ratification, descriptions of the treaties‘ alignment with current Ethiopian domestic law, and a summary of resources available to assist with adoption and implementation.

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