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UNCTAD and WITSA sign MoU to assist developing countries to benefit from ICTs

25 Mar -

Efforts to boost the local information and communications technology industry in developing countries gained new ground today as UNCTAD and the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

UNCTAD: an increasingly recognized partner within the UN System

25 Mar -

New programmes in Rwanda on the Green Economy and Global Value Chains, demonstrate how UNCTAD is broadening its cooperation at the country level with key partners from the UN Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity.

Progress in the implementation of the Pan African Cotton Road Map

25 Mar -

UNCTAD participated in a series of meetings held in Cotonou, Benin from 9 to 11 March 2015, to mark the 10th anniversary of the European Union-Africa Partnership on Cotton and discuss implementation of the Pan African Cotton Road Map.

Information Economy Report 2015: Unlocking the Potential of E-commerce for Developing Countries

24 Mar -

The 2015 edition of Information Economy Report examines electronic commerce, and shows in detail how information and communications technologies can be harnessed to support economic growth and sustainable development.

Stock Exchanges Around the World Ring the Bell for Gender Equality

11 Mar -

Partner stock exchanges from the UNCTAD co-organized Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative ring their opening or closing bells in support of gender equality and to highlight the pivotal role of the private sector in empowering women in the workplace, marketplace and community.

Nairobi Securities Exchange Joins United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

10 Mar -

Nairobi Securities Exchange officially joins United Nation's Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. CEO Geoffrey Otieno Odundo declared, "Nairobi Securities Exchange firmly believes that a sustainable capital market is critical to the attainment of sustainable long-term economic growth in Kenya and the East African Community."

Asia-Pacific Regional High-level Policy Dialogue on the Istanbul Programme of Action attended by UNCTAD

09 Mar -

UNCTAD Director served as resource High-level Policy Dialogue on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2011-2020, held in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 4-6 March 2015.

UNCTAD to host annual meeting of Task Force on Finance Statistics

06 Mar -

The Task Force on Finance Statistics sets methodological standards for statistics on external debt and on public sector debt. It is composed of nine international organizations of which UNCTAD is a member.

New products on trade and gender presented at special event to celebrate International Women's Day

06 Mar -

To celebrate International Women's Day, UNCTAD presented two products on trade and gender which emphasize the importance of trade and development policies as powerful instruments to tackle gender inequalities.

Secretary-General of UNCTAD participated in the validation workshop of Djibouti's Diagnostic Trade Integration Study update

04 Mar -

The validation workshop of the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) update took place in Djibouti on 16 February 2015 - ten years after the realization of its first DTIS.

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