Materials discussing why, how and whether trade might contribute to poverty alleviation. Subjects include: the theoretical and empirical analysis of the trade-growth-poverty triangle, especially in LDCs, the process of mainstreaming trade into Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), the means of developing productive capacities such as infrastructure and institutions, the role of domestic as well as foreign demand, analysis of the trade (liberalization)-poverty link depending on the export composition of a country or region.