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

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.

09 September 2012UNCTAD, OECD, WTO join forces to organize Global Value Chains conference in Beijing

A high-level Conference on "Global Value Chains in the 21st Century" is being organized jointly by UNCTAD, the OECD and the WTO in partnership with China's Ministry of Commerce. The Conference has been scheduled to take place from 19 to 20 September in Beijing.

09 September 2012eRegulations system to formalize small businesses in four major Colombian cities

UNCTAD has finalized an agreement with the Ministry of Trade and the Confederation of Chambers of Commerce of Colombia (CONFECAMARAS) to extend the eRegulations system beyond Bogota to another three cities and to build a national portal for the comparison of procedures required to start a business.

04 September 2012UNCTAD and World Federation of Exchanges strengthen collaboration on investment for sustainable development

UNCTAD and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) met at WFE headquarters in Paris, France, yesterday to discuss expanded cooperation in the promotion of investment for sustainable development.

02 September 2012Argentine authority contributes $85,000 for eRegistrations project

The Municipality of Lomas de Zamora (Province of Buenos Aires) has announced that it will finance UNCTAD to install its eRegistrations system so as to computerize and speed up the issuance of business licenses, mandatory for all new enterprises.

23 August 2012Haiti sees eRegulations as vital tool for investment, private-sector development and reconstruction

Haiti’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Wilson Laleau, has underlined his country’s need for simplified administrative procedures and has submitted a formal request to UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi for implementation of the UNCTAD eRegulations programme.