21 September 2012Luxembourg Minister calls for cooperation based on UNCTAD model Speaking at the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board session on Wednesday on the item "Development strategies in a globalized world: Reducing inequalities for balanced and sustainable development," H.E. Dr. Nicolas Schmit, Minister of Labour, Employment and Immigration of Luxembourg called for a new model for cooperation among countries from different parts of the world. 21 September 2012EMPRETEC Latin America Forum takes off in PanamaThe first official meeting of the EMPRETEC Latin America Forum was hosted by EMPRETEC Panama in Panama City last week, following a regional training workshop that brought together EMPRETEC directors and trainers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru and Venezuela to share experiences and discuss new developments. 20 September 2012Conference in Beijing addresses challenge of Global Value Chains changing the 21st century trade and investment landscape "The investment–trade nexus is leading to a world in which … policymakers in the twenty-first century cannot afford to ignore the implications of GVCs for their industrial, investment and trade policies,” UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Pantichpakdi told the high-level panel convened yesterday after the opening plenary of the conference on "Global Value Chain in the 21st Century" jointed organised by China's Ministry of Commerce, UNCTAD, OECD and the WTO in Beijing. 20 September 2012Economic growth for Africa: the sustainable wayExperts at the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board session today said African countries will have to make major structural changes to their economies -- and should look at it as an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of green economic growth. 20 September 2012UNCTAD report calls for improved access to medicines in context of local pharmaceutical productionAn UNCTAD report now made available on the website suggests that a coherent framework linking local pharmaceutical production to greater access from the onset within countries is urgently called for to harness the full potential of local production capacities. Improvement in access to medicines in the context of local production should not be incidental but should be an explicit goal, the report says. |
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