The meeting will provide a forum to:

 

- Assess the potential damage of shrinking trade finance to the real economy and to South–South integration;

- Examine regional financial institutions and their role in providing trade financing, promoting South–South integration and sustaining inclusive development;

- Present good practice and compare notes on innovative approaches in critical policy areas;

- Review issues and challenges to policy design at the national and international levels;

- Identify opportunities to further inter-agency collaboration, knowledge sharing and policy debate in the areas of UNCTAD’s expertise.