02015cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007972 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455265343 2617-6742 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL McDonald, Brad. Reaching the MDGs : An Action Plan for Trade / Brad McDonald, Rob Gregory, Katrin Elborgh-Woytek. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Staff Position Notes <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The actions proposed here focus on trade integration, substantially increasing exports of the poorest countries and helping them to meet the Millennium Development Goals. As the foundation for these ambitions, we emphasize the role of a secure, open global trading environment-strengthened further by concluding the WTO Doha Round. From this base, the poorest countries also need better trade preferences from the advanced and major emerging market countries (EMs). Building the capacity to take advantage of trade opportunities will require support from the international community and policy reforms-such as to trade regimes-by the poorest countries themselves. The Fifteen Point Action Plan proposed here could increase annual exports of the least-developed countries (LDCs) by USD 10 billion or more, with additional benefits for other Low-Income Countries (LICs). Mode of access: Internet Elborgh-Woytek, Katrin. Gregory, Rob. IMF Staff Position Notes; Staff Position Note ; No. 2010/014 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/004/2010/014/004.2010.issue-014-en.xml IMF e-Library