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Bank officials discuss financing of services exports and creative industries

15 Apr -

How to capture the potential of services exports, and of creative-industry products such as films and music, was the topic of a recently held meeting of officials from export-import banks.

UNCTAD participates in Arab Development Forum

12 Apr -

High-level officials, including UNCTAD's Deputy Secretary-General, have held two days of meetings in Amman, Jordan, on development challenges in the Arab region.

Pushing forward Lesotho’s services agenda

12 Apr -

UNCTAD has published the Services Policy Review requested by Lesotho, which sets out a strategic vision for the development of the country’s services sector. The publication provides an overview of Lesotho’s services economy and an in-depth analysis of the financial, health and tourism sectors.

Seventeenth Colombian university joins Virtual Institute network

11 Apr -

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ), which is one of Colombia's oldest universities and was founded in 1623, has joined the Virtual Institute (Vi) network, bringing the Vi's Colombian membership count to 17.

UNCTAD publishes its annual review of investor-State dispute settlement cases

10 Apr -

The year 2012 marked a new record, with at least 62 new investment arbitration cases being initiated against host countries - the highest number of known treaty-based disputes ever filed in one year.

UNCTAD Public Symposium (24-25 June 2013)

10 Apr -

"New Economic Approaches for a Coherent Post-2015 Agenda", is the theme of UNCTAD's fourth Public Symposium, to be held on 24 and 25 June 2013 at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva.

Services exports grew by 2% globally in 2012

10 Apr -

Developing economies services trade continued to grow, while developed countries recorded a slight decrease. According to preliminary estimates by UNCTAD and WTO, world services exports grew by modest 2% in 2012. All regions except Africa experienced a much lower growth than in 2011.

Meeting links women entrepreneurs and information technology

08 Apr -

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNCTAD have teamed up to ensure that the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is fully reflected when assessing the environment for women's entrepreneurship.

Latin American countries adopt module for statistics on the information economy

08 Apr -

A survey module developed collaboratively by UNCTAD and Latin American experts has been adopted by 18 Latin American countries, to aid in compiling statistics on the use of information technology by businesses.

UNCTAD certifies 15 port managers in Indonesia

04 Apr -

Fifteen managers from Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC) have successfully defended their final dissertations for the TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Programme, and have been awarded the UNCTAD Modern Port Management Certificate.

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