UNCTAD launches novel Maritime Country Profiles01 Apr - A maritime country profile provides a basic snapshot of a country's situation regarding maritime transport and international trade, facilitating convenient cross-country comparisons. The Maritime Country Profiles will be updated regularly as new data becomes available. Trade and Global Value Chains: how to address the gender dimension23 Mar - Global value chains have become a dominant feature of world trade and investment, but what opportunities and risks do they provide to women? This question was addressed at a side event jointly organized by UNCTAD and Finland on 17 March during the 60th session at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. International Day of Happiness20 Mar - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in 2015: "The pursuit of happiness is serious business". Nowadays this "business" is carefully measured and is used as a barometer of life quality. In fact, many argue that "happiness" combines to give a better picture of human wellbeing than do other individual indicators, such as, income, poverty, education, health or good government. Finalists of the Empretec Women in Business Awards announced18 Mar - The awards celebrate exceptional businesswomen who have benefitted from UNCTAD's global entrepreneurship training network, Empretec, and have become role models due to their outstanding achievements in running micro and small businesses. Since its launch in 1988, the Empretec programme has trained and motivated more than 350,000 entrepreneurs in more than 37 countries. Latest issue of UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor 15 Mar - The Monitor finds that 25 countries took 41 investment policy measures between October 2015 and February 2016. The share of liberalization and promotion measures was 85 per cent - broadly in line with last year's average. Kenya looks forward to 'roaring success' of UNCTAD 1415 Mar - Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Amina Mohamed said she expected her country's hosting of the fourteenth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in July to be a "roaring success". |
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