International trade offers important opportunity for developing countries to be more integrated into the global economy. Such integration has been found to be a catalyst for developing countries to lift millions of their population out of poverty and improve their livelihoods. We, therefore, support countries in their efforts to take full advantage of the opportunities associated with international trade through data driven research. We at the International trade unit of NERTS leverage our expertise in trade and development to provide evidenced-based research on the links between trade and development policy issues such as poverty, labour market outcomes, environment, agriculture and food security, and digitization.