Trade and aid 'go hand in hand,' says head of Commonwealth Secretariat

Improving international trade should go hand in hand with global efforts to lift countries out of poverty, the newly appointed secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations has told Devex.

Patricia Scotland said that under her leadership, the organization’s secretariat is working to improve trade between its 53 member states. Better commercial relationship can help feed into other development priorities, such as women’s empowerment, she said from the sidelines of the Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministerial Meeting in Apia, Somoa. Please click here to continue reading this article.