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Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries
ecidc_300x219.jpgThe Unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries was created by the UNCTAD Secretary-General in July 2009, reinforcing the institution´s work on the reshaping of the global economic development architecture in which South-South cooperation is playing a growing role.
 
The Unit aims to build on UNCTAD`s longstanding work on the opportunities and challenges surrounding a renewed trend towards closer economic cooperation and integration among developing countries, work which goes back to its establishment in 1964.
 
 

 News

 
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27 May 2016Expert Meeting on Promoting Economic Integration and Cooperation

​UNCTAD organized the third and fourth sessions of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Promoting Economic Integration and Cooperation at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 14 and 15 April 2016, according to the terms agreed by the Trade and Development Board at its fifty-seventh executive session on 26–28 June 2013.

ECOWAS
21 March 2016West African States meet to prepare a common position on the Continental Free Trade Area
Representatives from members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met from 9 to 11 March 2016 in Accra, Ghana, to define a regional strategy for the negotiations on the African Continental Free Trade Area.
G-NEXID
28 May 2015G-NEXID and UNCTAD emphasis their commitment to work together
UNCTAD and the Global Network of Exim Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID), meeting in Geneva on 19th May 2015, agreed to work together to promote understanding of south-south cooperation and the role of banks in financing development.
16 December 2013South-South trade continues to increase, UNCTAD statistics show
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2013, just released, indicates that exports among developing countries remain centered in Asia, while African participation growing.
22 October 2013Capital account regulations and global economic governance: the need for policy space
A workshop held at UNCTAD on 3-4 October 2013 brought together policymakers, negotiators and experts to discuss recent experiences with capital account regulation, and what changes in global governance might be needed to facilitate re-regulation of cross-border finance.
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 Publications

 
Background Paper No. 2: South-South Issues From a North-South Perspective by Amitava Krishna Dutt , Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame (UNCTAD/ECIDC/2012 (Paper 2))
10 Aug 2012, 787.2 KB
Background Paper No. 3: Brazil’s Recent Growth by José Gabriel Palma, Faculty of Economics, Cambridge University (UNCTAD/ECIDC/2012 (Paper 3))
10 Aug 2012, 1621.3 KB
Background Paper No. 4: Asian Initiatives at Monetary and Financial Integration: A Critical Review? by Lim, Mah-Hui (Michael) and Joseph Lim (UNCTAD/ECIDC/2012 (Paper 4))
10 Aug 2012, 1361.7 KB
Background Paper No. 5: India’s Structural Transformation and Role in the Worldeconomy by Codrina Rada and Rudi Von Arnim, University Of Utah (UNCTAD/ECIDC/2012 (Paper 5))
10 Aug 2012, 987.4 KB
Background Paper No. 6: Foreign Direct Investment, Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer - The North-South and the South-South Dimension by Biswajit Dhar and Reji Joseph Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New De (UNCTAD/ECIDC/2012 (Paper 6))
10 Aug 2012, 427.1 KB
Background Paper No. 7: South – South Financial Cooperation by Stephany Griffith-Jones, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University (UNCTAD/ECIDC/2012 (Paper 7))
10 Aug 2012, 331.3 KB
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