AIM
• To end poverty through sustainable commercial international trade.
BY
• Developing trade in finished or part-finished products from poor nations to richer nations.
• Striving to remove barriers to international trade from poor nations to rich nations.
The starting point is the identification of products which have a sustainable competitive advantage for the poor nation and which are currently sold at high added value in richer nations.This added value must be shared equitably i.e. in such a way that the added value funds the inward investment in knowledge transfer and technology needed in the poor nation and the development of products demanded by the richer nation.
WILL
• Lobby governments
• Provide start up capital
• Consult professional bodies
• Facilitate the formation of partnerships between nations
MEMBERS SEEK NOT TO
• Exploit people
• Harm the environment
THE INTENDED OUTCOME IS
• Increased tax revenue in poor nations for Health and Education
• Increased expertise in the poor nation in international trade
• Enhanced reputation and respect for poor nations
• Increased per capita wealth in poor nations
• Reduced economic migration
• Self-sustaining development
• The end of poverty |