Simon Hess on aid for trade and the Enhanced Integrated Framework
Channel: Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
Date: 15/01/2015

“Trade is agriculture, it is manufacturing—and it is through these sectors that  trade happens”, said Simon Hess of the Enhanced Integrated Framework in this interview at the Platform AGA.
 
The executive secretary elaborated how using trade as a tool for development was the EIF’s main ethos. The WTO-hosted partnership was very much country-driven, lending support to inter-ministerial and inter-donor dialogue mechanisms. Most of their major projects were focused on agriculture or rural development, which gave it a lot of scope for collaboration amongst members of the Platform.