01 marzo 2016Reforming the IIA Regime - a StocktakingThere is a pressing need for systematic reform of the international investment agreements (IIAs) regime to bring it in line with today's sustainable development imperative. Today the question is not whether or not to reform, but about the what, how and extent of such reform. 01 febrero 2016Djoulé Sabi Boum: From long-distance training to sharing knowledge
Djoulé was born in Boukousséra, a small town in the north of Benin. He spent his childhood in the countryside with his seven brothers and sisters. Djoulé remembers there was no drinking water there. "The water you could drink came from the marshes," he says. His parents were cattle breeders who decided to divide their offspring into three groups: the first would take care of the livestock, the second would work in the fields and the third would go to school. He was part of that third group - so he would learn to read and write. 29 enero 2016Growth in global imports of information and communications technology slows to five-year lowGlobal imports of information and communications technology (ICT) goods grew by only 1% in 2014, the latest year for which figures are available, the lowest rate of growth compared to the preceding five years, newly released UNCTAD data show. Developing countries, and those countries changing from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, accounted for more than half (57%) of total global imports, which reached a value of $2.1 trillion. 15 enero 2016Ghana: Port management programme continues to produce resultsTwo dozen managers from the two main ports of Ghana presented case studies they had conducted as part of UNCTAD's Port Training Programme. The national port authority, encouraged by the results, committed to a fourth cycle of training. |
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