That is the reality for 16 landlocked countries in Africa. Without a coastline, these countries rely on their neighbours to move goods in and out, which isn’t cheap or easy.

Trade finance, once seen as the domain of large corporates, must now evolve to serve a much broader and more diverse segment ...

Rabab Fatima is Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing ...

Next to South Africa, lies a country perhaps not on every ... Encircled by its much larger neighbour, Lesotho is a mountainous and landlocked nation of two million people. It has the highest ...

Many landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) face market-access issues specific ... borders has been reduced – sometimes dramatically as shown by the example of East Africa. Facilitation and logistics ...

Djibouti's sovereign wealth fund plans to double its assets under management of more than $1 billion in the next decade, its ...