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

 
Supachai Panitchpakdi
02 September 2012UNCTAD S-G outlines challenges facing developmental states, urges South-South cooperation
Addressing the Second China-Eurasia Expo yesterday in Urumqi, China, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi said recent Chinese experience demonstrates how State structures can help "govern the market in ways that limit its destructive impulses and augment its creative energies."
30 August 2012Sub-regional consultations on leather industry to be held in Chennai, India

To promote developmental regionalism and South-South cooperation, UNCTAD is organizing a regional industry consultation on “Strengthening Competitiveness of South Asia in Leather and Leather products through Regional Supply Chains” in Chennai, India on 3-4 September 2012. ​

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10 July 2012Emerging South can bring more balanced, stable world economy, says UNCTAD
In remarks presented to the 19th General Meeting of Shareholders of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) currently taking place in Beijing, China, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi expressed cautious optimism about an emerging South but warned of continued vulnerabilities.
South-South
25 June 2012South-South export rebounded faster than world trade after the 2008 crisis
South-South trade has grown dramatically in the past decade. It claims about a quarter of the value of world trade, says UNCTAD´s new South-South Trade Monitor.
South-South cooperation
09 May 2012UNCTAD expert provides South Asian intra-industry trade and export diversification experiences for meeting in Zambia

Lessons drawn from an UNCTAD study on increasing the cost competitiveness of South Asia in the textiles and clothing sector could be used to promote intra-industry trade and export diversification in Africa, UNCTAD economist Rashmi Banga told an Expert Group meeting organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA).​

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 Publications

 
The Role of Development Banks in Promoting Growth and Sustainable Development in the South (UNCTAD/GDS/ECIDC/2016/1)
14 Feb 2017, 602.3 KB
African Continental Free Trade Area: Some Issues in Liberalizing Trade in Services (UNCTAD/WEB/DITC/2016/6)
25 Nov 2016, 4064.9 KB
African Continental Free Trade Area: Advancing Pan-African Integration. Some Considerations (UNCTAD/WEB/DITC/2016/5)
23 Nov 2016, 4277.5 KB
African Continental Free Trade Area: Developing and Strengthening Regional Value Chains in Agricultural Commodities and Processed Food Products (UNCTAD/WEB/DITC/2016/4)
02 Nov 2016, 1076.9 KB
Global Value Chains and South-South Trade - Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries (UNCTAD/GDS/ECIDC/2015/1)
28 Dec 2015, 57 page(s), 2844.0 KB
Non-Tariff Measures and Regional Integration in the Southern African Development Community (UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2014/5)
30 Mar 2015, 1265.3 KB
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 Events and Meetings

 
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