17 diciembre 2013Tenth UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures released
The report finds that G20 members, for the most part, have continued to honour their pledge not to introduce new restrictive policies for international investment.
16 diciembre 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.
15 diciembre 2013UNCTAD and WTO jointly launch quarterly merchandise trade volume indices

​According to preliminary estimates by UNCTAD and World Trade Organization (WTO), the world quarterly merchandise exports volume decreased by 0.7% in the third quarter of 2013 compared with the quarter before. At the same time, world merchandise imports volume growth remained positive at 0.3%.

12 diciembre 2013Contribution of ICTs highlighted at Meeting on Women's Entrepreneurship in East Africa

The results of three national assessments on women’s entrepreneurship development (WED) in East Africa conducted using a new framework developed by ILO and UNCTAD, through its Division on Technology and Logistics, found that ICTs are increasingly important for women entrepreneurs. Thanks to the rapid spread of mobile telephony and improved international broadband connectivity, there are now more opportunities to leverage such technologies in support of entrepreneurship.​

11 diciembre 2013Discussion Forum links trade and food security, job creation, women’s empowerment

Three-day debate found that trade affects – and is affected by – such issues as food security, job creation, poverty levels, productive capacity and the status of women.​

08 diciembre 20132nd Biotrade Congress to focus on potential of biodiversity products for forest preservation
Experts meeting in Geneva will discuss how the sale and trade of goods sustainably harvested from forests, if expanded, may preserve stands of timber as carbon "sinks" and thus mitigate climate change.
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