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14 September 2012Peru offers to host UNCTAD XIV in 2016

H.E. Jose Luis Silva Martinot, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, has written to UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi to inform that Peru will be presenting its candidature to host the next UNCTAD quadrennial conference (UNCTAD XIV) in Peru in 2016.

13 September 2012Zambia Commerce Minister to speak at high-level segment of UNCTAD Board

The Honorable Robert K. Sichinga, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry of Zambia will be addressing the high-level segment of the 59th session of UNCTAD's Trade and Development Board on Monday, 17 September.

13 September 2012Launch of Trade and Development Report 2012: Policies for inclusive and balanced growth

UNCTAD Report explores the links between income distribution, growth and development, arguing that inequality is neither a necessary condition for sound economic growth, nor its natural result. Pro-active fiscal and income policies to reduce income gaps influence economic growth.

13 September 2012LLDCs need to move from being land-locked to become land-linked, says UNCTAD Deputy S-G

"Geography may pose severe constraints on economic growth and development, but it need not determine a country's destiny," UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Petko Draganov told the Fourth Meeting of Trade Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) in Almaty, Kazakhstan yesterday.

12 September 2012Global re-balancing required says Dr. Supachai at investors forum in Hong Kong

"No country will be spared in the case of a new financial shock in the developed countries," UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi told the 19th CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong yesterday, and warned that a renewed shock "would provoke a stream of capital flows reversals, shrinking global trade volumes and falling commodity prices with negative consequences for all."

11 September 2012 Maldives port managers complete 9-day training course

Twenty-two middle managers from Maldives Ports Ltd have successfully completed their training in Male from 2-10 September in Module 7 of the UNCTAD port training programme.

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