Trade is one component of a policy framework for growth, poverty reduction and development.
Trade must be part of the equation, but it is only a part of that framework. Sound macroeconomic policies, debt reduction, capacity building and good governance are critical to any programme of development and poverty reduction. These issues fall outside the WTO mandate but are within the competence of other international organizations including WTO partners in the integrated framework. Governments and officials from these organizations believe a co-ordinated programme of support from these agencies offers the world's poorest countries the opportunity better address their development and poverty reduction needs.