Enhanced Integrated Framework

The Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) continued to grow in 2014, with a rise in the number of active projects in EIF countries. Forty-six countries are receiving assistance to build stronger trade institutions and to address trading challenges, with Somalia becoming the latest LDC to join the EIF. After an independent evaluation, the EIF Steering Committee extended the programme into a second phase when the current one ends in 2015. The EIF is supported by donor pledges of US$ 251 million and contributions of approximately US$ 201 million as of 31 December 2014 (up from US$ 190 million in 2013).