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Investment and Enterprise

The Division is recognized as a global centre of excellence on issues related to investment and enterprise for sustainable development. Built on several decades of successful experience, its staff provide international expertise in research and policy analysis, inter-governmental consensus-building, and technical assistance to over 150 countries. Its flagship product is the annual World Investment Report and its main global stakeholder event is the biannual World Investment Forum. The Division also maintains the interactive World Investment Network of over 9,000 members to disseminate and promote all its work on investment and enterprise.

News

27 May 2013UNCTAD puts forward reform options for investor-State dispute settlement system

UNCTAD is calling for collective efforts to assess options for reform of the current system of investor-State dispute settlement.

06 May 2013Ministers, other high officials discuss vital role played by entrepreneurship in economic growth

The founding of new businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), makes economies more stable, spurs economic growth, and plays a major role in innovation and job creation, a series of experts has said.

06 May 2013Viet Nam to establish Empretec centre, bringing global total of entrepreneurship sites to 34

A 34th national centre is to be established for an UNCTAD-administered programme that has proved to be highly successful in training and supporting entrepreneurs in developing countries.

02 May 2013Mozambique discusses plans to boost its attraction of investment

A high-level delegation from Mozambique told the Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission Tuesday that its Government supports the recommendations made in UNCTAD's Investment Policy Review of the country, which call - among other things - for reforms to investment law.

01 May 2013Djibouti officials pledge reforms as final version of Investment Policy Review is unveiled

High-level representatives of the Government of Djibouti said Tuesday that the recommendations in UNCTAD's Investment Policy Review (IPR) of the country - including adoption of a new investment code based on international best practices - will be put into effect.