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Fourth International Consumer Protection Forum, hosted by UNCTAD and Colombian consumer protection agency, tackles advertising and the law
04 Sep -

​UNCTAD and Colombia's Superintendence of Industry and. Commerce (SIC) hosted the fourth International Consumer Protection Forum, devoted to the issue of advertising and the law, in Bogotá on 26–27 August.

Renewed partnership agreement signed between UNCTAD and World Bank's Debt Management Facility
03 Sep -
An agreement for the second phase of the World Bank's Debt Management Facility (DMF II) was signed between the bank and UNCTAD 's Debt Management and Financial Analysis (DMFAS) Programme in August.
Occupation of Palestinian territory jeopardizes economic viability of two-state solution, UNCTAD report says
02 Sep -
UNCTAD’s Report on Assistance to the Palestinian People 2014 details how Palestinian economic deterioration, which is largely rooted in the territory's occupied status, has resulted in weak growth, a precarious fiscal position, forced dependence on the Israeli economy, mass unemployment, wider and deeper poverty, and greater food insecurity.
UNCTAD hears SIDS leaders’ call for special international support measures
02 Sep -

​A high-level panel discussion on SIDS and the question of graduation from Least Developed Country status, jointly organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP), took place on 2nd September 2014 at the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States.

UNCTAD Secretary-General reiterates long-standing commitment to private sector development in Small Island Developing States
01 Sep -

​UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi, in a High-level dialogue on private sector partnership in Apia, Samoa on 31st August 2014, recalled the 40-year history of UNCTAD support to productive capacity-building and trade development in the SIDS.

FDI in Small Islands Developing States: Its limitations and potential
31 Aug -
On the occasion of the third United Nations Conference on SIDS taking place in Samoa, the current issue of the UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor reviews a decade of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and foresees its potential.
Impact of trade policy on poverty examined in new UNCTAD book
31 Aug -

​A novel collaborative approach between academics and policymakers examines the impact of trade policy on poor people in eight developing and transition countries in a new book published by the UNCTAD Virtual Institute (Vi).

Vanuatu prepares to shed 'least developed country' status with UNCTAD-led review of 'green' export opportunities
31 Aug -
In the run-up to shedding "least developed country" status in 2017, the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is working with UNCTAD to revisit their trade policy and develop a national action plan to boost production and export coconut oil, single origin organic cocoa and high quality sandalwood oil, among other "green" products.
Mexican Stock Exchange Joins United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative
28 Aug -

​The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) announced that it will partner with the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. With the addition of BMV, the SSE now counts four of the five largest stock exchanges in the Americas as partners.

Oceans economy and sustainable transport systems at the heart of Third SIDS Conference in Samoa
27 Aug -
Ways to make oceans 'engines of economic growth' for economically vulnerable small islands will be featured at an UNCTAD-backed side event during a major United Nations conference on the problems of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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