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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.

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05 September 2013Global Value Chains offer major opportunity for growth and progress in advanced and developing economies, according to OECD-WTO-UNCTAD Report to G20

''Global production chains are a common feature in many industries involving an increasing number of developing countries. A key challenge is how to generate employment, and upgrade technology and productive capacity in order to maximize development benefits,'' said UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi.

23 July 2013New York Stock Exchange Joins UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

NYSE Euronext, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has today announced that it will join the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative to promote sustainable capital markets.

18 July 2013UNCTAD urges fresh approaches to investment policymaking

A new international investment agreements (IIAs) issues note produced by UNCTAD offers suggestions on investment policy that are designed to foster inclusive growth and sustainable development.

03 July 2013Secretary-General strikes note of caution at London launch of World Investment Report

The World Investment Report post-launch seminar, which was held at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London on Monday, 1 July, brought together representatives from UK Trade and Investment, the Department for International Development, think tanks such as the ODI, non-governmental organizations, and academia, to examine the findings of this year's report.

25 June 2013World Investment Report 2013: Global Value-Chains: Investment and Trade for Development

The WIR 2013 presents the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) and contains in-depth analysis of policy developments, investment prospects, and key emerging issues related to investment -- including financial flows via offshore centres, and divestments.