Dr. Chiedu Osakwe , as of 2001 the Director , Technical Cooperation Division at the Secretariat of the WTO , and adviser to the Director-General on developing country matters , was appointed as the WTO Special Coordinator for the Least Developed Countries beginning in 1999 . He worked closely with the five other agencies that together with the WTO constitute the Integrated Framework of action for the Least Developed Countries . They addressed issues of market access , special and differential treatment provisions for developing countries , participation of developing countries in the multilateral trading system , and development questions , especially the interests of developing countries in competition policy . At the 28th G8 summit in Kananaskis , Alberta , Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien proposed and carried the Market Access Initiative , so that the then 48 LDCs could profit from " trade-not-aid "
28th G8 summit
28th G8 summit
Least Developed Countries