In the next 15 years, we believe that we can end extreme poverty. But while trade can lift economic growth, the poor do not automatically benefit from new trade opportunities. But the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation – the world’s largest multilateral development and trade organisations – believe a series of policies can help countries deliver the benefits of trade to all their citizens, including the poorest. Trade policies can also play a greater role in helping manage risk. Our organisations are united to leverage trade opportunities so that they contribute to economic development, overcome the barriers which stop the benefits of trade from reaching the poorest, raise incomes, and improve people’s lives.