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Tenth UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures released
17 Dec -
The report finds that G20 members, for the most part, have continued to honour their pledge not to introduce new restrictive policies for international investment.
South-South trade continues to increase, UNCTAD statistics show
16 Dec -
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2013, just released, indicates that exports among developing countries remain centered in Asia, while African participation growing.
UNCTAD and WTO jointly launch quarterly merchandise trade volume indices
15 Dec -

​According to preliminary estimates by UNCTAD and World Trade Organization (WTO), the world quarterly merchandise exports volume decreased by 0.7% in the third quarter of 2013 compared with the quarter before. At the same time, world merchandise imports volume growth remained positive at 0.3%.

Discussion Forum links trade and food security, job creation, women’s empowerment
11 Dec -

Three-day debate found that trade affects – and is affected by – such issues as food security, job creation, poverty levels, productive capacity and the status of women.​

2nd Biotrade Congress to focus on potential of biodiversity products for forest preservation
08 Dec -
Experts meeting in Geneva will discuss how the sale and trade of goods sustainably harvested from forests, if expanded, may preserve stands of timber as carbon "sinks" and thus mitigate climate change.
Review of Maritime Transport 2013 released
04 Dec -
The globe’s longest-lasting and largest cycle of ship building finally began to slow in 2012, UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2013 reveals, but the effects of overcapacity are still being felt. Shipping rates remained low, threatening firms’ profitability, even as the volume shipped last year increased by 4.3 per cent.
Seizing the low-carbon investment opportunity in Africa
02 Dec -
Governments that want to pursue a path to a green economy must develop a green growth vision, formulate enabling policies, and develop a strategy to promote green investment opportunities, said participants at an UNCTAD regional workshop in Durban, South Africa.
Developing countries face challenges in reaping benefits from cloud computing
02 Dec -
There is nothing nebulous about the "cloud", especially as it applies to developing countries, says UNCTAD's Information Economy Report 2013, subtitled "The Cloud Economy and Developing Countries".
Economic underpinning critical for post-2015 goals, experts say
28 Nov -

UNCTAD and other Geneva- Trade hub agencies must find ways to harness trade and the private sector to make sure that the post-2015 strategy for helping poor countries is sufficiently supported by economic forces, experts said.​

Post-2015 development goals need to be backed by resources and systemic reform
27 Nov -
UNCTAD’s first policy brief on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda highlights the need to reform the global economic and financial system, if the goal of eradicating poverty is to become a reality.
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