The role of trade in ending poverty, transforming life's of people might be as simple as a new road. Before we had the new the road, selling our product and sending our kids to school was very difficult, said by one Laotian farmer. Now cars from nearby villages can reach our village and can sell our goods to various retail outlets and also people can buy from our stores or buy from street vendors.The extreme poor face numerous constraints that limit their capacity to benefit from wider economic gains. In this context, trade integration is important not only because of the boost to growth it can provide, but also because there is a room for lt be executed in ways that more effective overcome the constraints faced by the poor.
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