SET

Supporting Economic Transformation (SET), an @ODIdev programme promoting economic transformation & job creation in low- & middle-income countries.

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

Excellent day yesterday @InvestAfrica1 around African trade & investment, including:

▶️@annietrev / @vickyford on ambitious UK-Africa trade and investment relationships
▶️ SG @MeneWamkele outlining AfCFTA Secr priorities
▶️ Discussing @ODI_Global support for African integration

[Jodie Keane @KeaneJodie]

Good to see prominence of the climate-trade nexus for #LDCs & important this momentum continues ahead of #COP27 @peterdonelan @HessSim @LauraKellyIIED @s_colenbrander @LaetiPettinotti

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

Pleased to be meeting (in Accra @AfCFTA) my new @ODI_Global colleague @Derrick_S_Kamba Abudu who will be starting in ODI's International Economic Development Group very soon. #SITA

[CENTRE FOR GLOBAL FINANCE @CGFSOAS]

Key messages from our previous seminar on "The African Continental Free Trade Area and Foreign Direct Investment" co-organized with @ODI_Global and @DWteVelde can be found here https://t.co/sWHSz6HBxJ

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

The Commonwealth communique https://t.co/wBovnesODu mentions supply chain disruptions, COVAX & recovery from COVID, trade & development/sustainability, small states vulnerability, youth, gender, high quality investment, connectivity. Important for @commonwealthsec work programme.

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

"Britain has delivered just 39pc of Covid vaccines promised to poorer countries" https://t.co/amm4CA9cwI

While recent @odi_global analysis suggests increased UK support for vaccines globally would benefit poor countries, and also the UK in 3⃣ways https://t.co/axuKapH1Vj 👇👇👇

[Prachi Agarwal @_Prachi_Agarwal]

India imposed an export ban on wheat in May 2022 amidst growing international prices, but is this export ban in national interest or simply a foreign policy move?
A long & useful thread 🧵:

@ODI_Global @Telegraph

(1/7)

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

In new @ODI_Global analysis for @ONECampaign & SCF, @_Prachi_Agarwal @LucyJayneWhite1 @alblemma and I show how UK investment in vaccines in the poorest countries (incl. distribution) bring global health benefits and large economic returns to the UK https://t.co/axuKapH1Vj

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

As the UK PM @BorisJohnson launched new trade initiatives at CHOGM and engages in discussions with @AfCFTA https://t.co/cHsNLLcfp5 ongoing analysis argues a well implemented #AfCFTA offers significant benefits to African and UK investors https://t.co/ugynh0E0ej

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

The UK's Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) has finally been announced. Expect more details soon including making it easier to access (compared to EU GSP) and better RoO in line with my @ODI_Global piece w. @m_mendezparra https://t.co/QkR5TZGq2T @APPG_TOP @pengelly_tom

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

Pleased to share my first @SOAS @CGFSOAS discussion paper related to an @AERCAFRICA -led project on linkages between FDI and human capital development in Africa, with brilliant co-authors @ppapadavid & @sherillyn_raga

https://t.co/AKCuNoq2CC

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

"After the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference, what next?"

#MC12 suggested

▶️WTO members can conclude trade deals.
▶️ The WTO is a useful forum to hold discussions on issues that matter in people’s daily lives.
▶️ The WTO can engage in cross-cutting issues

https://t.co/QZL5BTTqbr

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

Excellent meeting with @ChaweNm, now the PS at the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry in Zambia, discussing

▶️#MC12 towards #MC13
▶️UK-Zambia economic relationships
▶️African integration
▶️@ODI_Global's support for AfCFTA including for Zambia

Much to follow up on. #SITA

[Sherillyn Raga @sherillyn_raga]

Great @CGFSOAS discussions how the AfCFTA Investment Protocol can be designed to boost & attract investment that is aligned w/ Africa's econ transformation goals. I shared the views of Kenyan firms on intra-African investment challenges based on @ODI_Global @kenya_chamber survey

[SET @EconTransform]

As part of @ODI_Global SITA project https://t.co/hH2Tpl6YA0, we are recruiting two Programme Officers to join the @AfCFTA Secretariat.
Apply on the link: https://t.co/GrUxpJx7OY

[SET @EconTransform]

Join @DWteVelde, Professor of Practice at @SOAS in this workshop on 8 June (1-3pm, GMT) to discuss the links between #AfCFTA and investment, organised by @ODI_Global & @SOAS @CGFSOAS . Please find link and further details: https://t.co/SK3JX6F1Sj

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

The impact on exports using the NiGEM modelling approach are on the low end of estimated impacts, see https://t.co/LqSYqC6Oua 4/4

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

My new @NIESRorg @ODI_Global study for @ONECampaign with @DawnHol70007475 and published by @NIESRorg https://t.co/zWgjQ9YXEx forms basis for Larry Elliot's @guardian piece on the importance of restoring the UK aid budget to 0.7% of GNI 1/4

https://t.co/okVHbwXSlb

[Sherillyn Raga @sherillyn_raga]

Ahead of the @_AfricanUnion assembly this weekend, we are pleased to launch this @giz_gmbh @ODI_Global AfCFTA paper series featuring economic & trade profile, as well as intra-African trade & #AfCFTA implementation in 🇨🇮🇨🇩🇪🇹🇬🇭🇲🇼🇳🇪🇷🇼 👉 https://t.co/tEkB8tMbVn
Some key findings:

[Dirk Willem te Velde @DWteVelde]

Read our new @ODI_Global @SEIresearch publication "Understanding The Role of DFIs in Promoting Development: An Assessment of Three African Countries"

https://t.co/nCPRZvH4yH

with @GMarbuah @alblemma @KeaneJodie @SamAttridge1

▶️ Argues DFIs should become more strategic actors