The TCDC programme has undergone major reorientation towards supporting strategic initiatives that are likely to have a major impact on a larger number of developing countries , focusing primarily on five priority areas as follows : trade and investment ; poverty alleviation ; production and employment ; macroeconomic policy coordination ; and environmental management . ( a ) Strengthening the capacities of developing countries through increased sharing of best practices and intercountry knowledge-networking to mount effective interventions in the priority areas listed above ; ( b ) Deepening South/South policy dialogue and intellectual exchanges on critical issues of development and globalization ; ( c ) Enhancing South/South channels of communication through expansion and decentralization of the TCDC information referral system ( TCDC-INRES ) ; ( d ) Mobilizing global and broad-based support for technical and economic cooperation among developing countries ( TCDC/ECDC ) .