Participating in the global economy allows countries to access market demand for goods and services unattainable by only serving domestic markets, greatly increasing possibilities for job creation and economic growth.
The aim of this work is to help countries improve their laws, regulations, and implementation through regulatory agencies. These advancements help to improve the World Bank Doing Business indicators and increase compliance with global requirements, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) Revised Kyoto Convention, while supporting the implementation of agreed regional commitments (e.g., the EAC Common Market and achieving the ASEAN Single Market by 2020). Reforms aim to reduce the amount of time, payments, and uncertainty required by regulatory compliance, resulting in firms’ increased output, trade, job creation, and new investment.
IDG has extensive experience with advising on numerous laws and regulations required by the World Trade Organization (WTO), including intellectual property laws, trade remedies laws (e.g., anti-dumping and countervailing), customs code, clearance procedures, and ratification of WTO TFAs. IDG has also worked to strengthen partnerships between the governments and private sector organizations on dispute settlement cases and the application of trade remedies. IDG has advised and collaborated with partner governments to draft legislation, rules, and regulations to support property rights, competition, investment, electronic commerce, and procurement.
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