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International Trade and Commodities

The goal of UNCTAD´s programmes on International Trade is to promote the development of developing countries through international trade; provide support for their participation in international trade negotiations; strengthen service-sector capacities in developing countries; promote the integration of trade, environment and development; analyse issues related to competition law, policy and development; and seek to enhance the contribution of the commodity sector to development through diversification and risk management.

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23 mayo 2013Global Services Forum to focus on sector vital to developing-country economies

Research and trends in the global economy indicate that developing countries cannot develop without expanding and deepening their services sectors - spheres of economic activity that range from energy, to telecommunications, to such knowledge- and skills-based work as engineering and computer programming.

17 mayo 2013Culture vital for development progress, Deputy Secretary-General tells meeting

Culture, as exemplified by thriving creative industries around the world, has many positive spillovers for human development, UNCTAD’s Deputy Secretary-General has said in China.

15 mayo 2013Trade in creative products reached new peak in 2011, UNCTAD figures show

Numbers released in run-up to Global Services Forum in Beijing show creative industries exports rose sharply from 2002-2011.

14 mayo 2013Joint UNCTAD-ILO report urges greater attention to farming sector

A new book edited by UNCTAD and the International Labour Organization (ILO) stresses that agricultural trade can be an opportunity for creating jobs and alleviating poverty around the world.

13 mayo 2013Cuba’s ratification of trade preferences pact welcomed

Cuba’s ratification of the São Paulo Round of the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) will accelerate implementation of the agreement, other GSTP participants have said.

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