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Funding creative industries, arts and culture is a good investment

04 Dec -

UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Petko Draganov was speaking at an UNCTAD 50th anniversary event held in Istanbul, 28 November, 2014, aimed at boosting Turkey's media, design, music and arts industries.

Structural transformation of Ethiopian economy under discussion in Addis Ababa

03 Dec -

Policymakers from the Ethiopian Prime Minister's Office held brainstorming meeting with experts from UNCTAD and other international bodies.

Occupied Palestinian territory loses at least $306 million per year in public revenue leakage to Israel, new study finds

03 Dec -

The Occupied Palestinian Territory loses at least $306 million annually in leakage of customs, purchase and value added tax revenues that are not transferred to the Palestinian treasury by Israel, a new UNCTAD study suggests.

Strengthening capacities of West African countries to harmonize e-commerce legislation in the region

02 Dec -

UNCTAD delivered a Small Private Online Course to lawmakers and government officials from selected West-African countries on key aspects to be considered for the drafting of e-Commerce laws.

Actions to improve the business environment discussed in Khartoum at the presentation of the Investment Policy Review of Sudan

28 Nov -

Sudan has made progress in improving its investment climate but challenges remain, an UNCTAD review has concluded.

World services exports grew by 7% in quarter 2 of 2014

27 Nov -

According to preliminary estimates by UNCTAD and WTO, world exports of services rose by 7%, in the second quarter of 2014, as compared with the same quarter of the year before (balance-of-payments basis, current prices).

Economic vicious circle trapping the world's poorest countries must be reversed if new development goals are to be met

27 Nov -

UNCTAD's Least Developed Countries Report 2014 says that the international community must learn from the failure of most of the poorest countries to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) despite registering strong economic growth - a phenomenon the Report dubs the "LDC paradox".

Modernizing agriculture need not leave women behind, Rwanda meeting hears

25 Nov -

The modernization of agriculture and Rwanda's increasing integration into the world's economy can play a catalytic role in rural development and creating jobs for women, experts said at a meeting organized by UNCTAD and the Rwanda's Ministry of Trade and Industry in Kigali, Rwanda on 12 November.

World seaborne trade grew by just 3.8% in 2013, new report reveals

20 Nov -

The Review of Maritime Transport 2014, covering developments in international seaborne trade, shipping, the world fleet, ports, freight markets, and transport-related regulatory and legal frameworks, is now available. The Review also looks at marginalization of small island developing states.

UNCTAD Secretary-General highlights progress on competition laws at meeting with the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

14 Nov -

Mukhisa Kituyi underlined importance of regional cooperation in keynote speech to UNCTAD-SELA working group in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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