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 biennial World Investment Forum.

The Division maintains an interactive World Investment Network of over 9,000 members to disseminate and promote its work on investment and enterprise.

News

27 September 2012Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) commits to promoting sustainability

At the Rio+20 ‘Earth Summit’ in June, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi issued an open invitation to stock exchanges around the world to commit to promoting sustainable investment. The Board of Directors of BSE has welcomed this idea and signed the Sustainable Stock Exchanges voluntary commitment.

26 September 2012UNCTAD, GIZ and BMZ break new ground on Corporate Social Responsibility training for emerging country TNCs

UNCTAD’s Investment and Enterprise Division, in collaboration with, and with funding from, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and BMZ (German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development), has launched a project on responsible business in emerging markets.

24 September 2012UNCTAD Framework recognized as key tool to harness investment for sustainable development and inclusive growth

As part of the 59th session of the Trade and Development Board, member States endorsed UNCTAD’s Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development (IPFSD), noting the crucial roles it plays in the implementation of the Doha Mandate adopted at the UNCTAD XIII ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar in April of this year.

23 September 2012Encourage investment where it helps the most, TDB panellists say

It is important for developing countries to match their strategies for attracting foreign investment with their plans for sustainable economic growth, the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board (TDB) was told this morning.

23 September 2012Shift African investment towards industry, South African Minister recommends

Africa has a bright future for attracting investment, but must use the opportunity to boost industry and improve infrastructure, H.E. Mr. Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa told the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board today during the Board's discussions under its agenda item on "Investment for Development."

21 September 2012Trade and Development Board to address investment for sustainable development

In the current context of continued global macroeconomic uncertainties, investment policies must be harnessed to ensure sustainable outcomes and more inclusive growth.

20 September 2012Trade-investment nexus, role of Trans-National Corporations explored at Beijing Global Value Chains conference

On the second and final day, yesterday, of the conference on "Global Value Chains in the 21st Century: Policy Implications on Trade, Investment, Statistics and Developing Countries" co-organised by China's Ministry of Commerce, UNCTAD, WTO and OECD in Bejing, a panel discussion was held on "Global value chains (GVCs) and international investment."

20 September 2012EMPRETEC Latin America Forum takes off in Panama

The first official meeting of the EMPRETEC Latin America Forum was hosted by EMPRETEC Panama in Panama City last week, following a regional training workshop that brought together EMPRETEC directors and trainers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru and Venezuela to share experiences and discuss new developments.

19 September 2012UNCTAD report calls for improved access to medicines in context of local pharmaceutical production

An UNCTAD report now made available on the website suggests that a coherent framework linking local pharmaceutical production to greater access from the onset within countries is urgently called for to harness the full potential of local production capacities. Improvement in access to medicines in the context of local production should not be incidental but should be an explicit goal, the report says.

11 September 2012UNCTAD new investment policy framework gathers support

“We should try to learn from the Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development”, said H.E. Sun Zhenyu, former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of China to the WTO at the launch of the Chinese edition of the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2012 in Xiamen, China over the weekend.