"lower Trade Barriers, Stronger Global Trading System Can Help End Extreme Poverty"

- A greater and more sustained effort to deepen the integration of developing countries into the global trading system through lower trade costs and fewer barriers between countries is essential to eliminating extreme poverty, according to a joint World Bank Group (WB) and World Trade Organization (WTO) report released on Tuesday.

“By supporting growth and development around the world, trade has proved to be an essential tool in tackling poverty. This report is a blueprint to enhance this role so that trade can do even more to improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable” said Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of WTO.