BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d6a6ee7d77 DTSTART:20160125T020000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160125T020000Z LOCATION:\, Suiza SUMMARY:Junta de Comercio y Desarrollo\, 62ª reunión ejecutiva CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:POSTPONEMENTAs was decided at the twenty-ninth special session of the Trade and Development Board\, held on Thursday\, 26 November 2015\, the UNCTAD secretariat has the honour to inform member States and organiz ations concerned that the sixty-second executive session of the Trade and Development Board scheduled for 9–11 December 2015 will now be held on f rom 25–27 January 2016.Register online for this meetingDownloads:Meeting Registration Guidelines English | FrenchMap of Palais des Nations The Le ast Developed Countries Report 2015: Transforming Rural Economies The Lea st Developed Countries Report 2015: Transforming Rural Economies will be p resented to the Trade and Development Board. This year the Report discusse s the structural transformation of rural economies in least developed coun tries\, highlighting its critical importance to the fulfilment of the Sust ainable Development Goals. It concludes that such transformation should en compass agricultural upgrading and diversification towards rural non-farm activities to maximize the synergies between the two. Furthermore\, it sho uld foster an increase in rural demand while strengthening supply response . The Report highlights the potential of the infrastructure investment tha t is needed for achievement of the Goals to generate increased rural deman d. It also stresses the importance of appropriate sequencing and design\, including labour-based construction methods and local procurement\, to max imize its transformational effect. It concludes by outlining policies for rural structural transformation in the areas of finance\, agricultural tec hnology\, enterprise and innovation\, human resources and institutions. It also emphasizes the need for the international community\, having adopted the Sustainable Development Goals\, to show the necessary political will in providing the means necessary to their fulfilment\, including providing least developed countries with a level of official development assistance commensurate with the major challenges they face in achieving the Goals.  Trade and Development Report\, 2015: Making the International Financial Architecture Work for Development Deliberations by the Trade and Developm ent Board under this agenda item will provide an opportunity to review som e of the critical issues to be addressed in order to establish a more stab le and inclusive international monetary and financial system that can supp ort the development challenges over the coming years. The Board will consi der existing shortcomings\, analyse emerging vulnerabilities and examine p roposals and initiatives for reform.As background documentation for the Bo ard’s deliberations\, chapters III to VI of the Trade and Development Re port\, 2015 point to limitations in the functioning of the international m onetary and financial system\, which ideally should be able to properly re gulate international liquidity\, avoid large and lasting imbalances and al low for countercyclical policies. However\, international liquidity and ca pital movements tend to respond to economic conditions in developed countr ies rather than to actual needs in developing countries. The Report also l ooks at the role of large international banks and financial intermediaries \, whose activities have increased much faster than the capacity of any pu blic institution\, either national or multilateral\, to regulate it effect ively. It shows that recent initiatives aiming at better regulation remain timid and narrow. This dysfunctional regime can prevent neither boom-and- bust episodes nor recurrent debt crises. When such crises occur\, it leads to asymmetric adjustment that places most of the burden on debtor countri es and exacerbates a procyclical bias. There is a need to provide a mechan ism for debt resolution\, particularly sovereign external debt\, which min imizes the cost of the crisis\, shares it fairly among the different playe rs and restores growth and debt sustainability. Finally\, the Report exami nes major issues in the provision of long-term finance for development\, f or which specialized public institutions and mechanisms are crucial.http&a mp\;#58\;//www.unog.ch/80256EDD006B8954/(httpAssets)/88FFDD768F055AECC1256 F2A0052A3CC/$file/Palais%20des%20Nations%20map.pdf"\; target="\;_b lank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/junta-de-co mercio-y-desarrollo-62a-reunion-ejecutiva DTSTAMP:20260707T210654Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d6a6ee7dae DTSTART:20160126T020000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160126T020000Z LOCATION:\, Suiza SUMMARY:Junta de Comercio y Desarrollo\, 62ª reunión ejecutiva CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:POSTPONEMENTAs was decided at the twenty-ninth special session of the Trade and Development Board\, held on Thursday\, 26 November 2015\, the UNCTAD secretariat has the honour to inform member States and organiz ations concerned that the sixty-second executive session of the Trade and Development Board scheduled for 9–11 December 2015 will now be held on f rom 25–27 January 2016.Register online for this meetingDownloads:Meeting Registration Guidelines English | FrenchMap of Palais des Nations The Le ast Developed Countries Report 2015: Transforming Rural Economies The Lea st Developed Countries Report 2015: Transforming Rural Economies will be p resented to the Trade and Development Board. This year the Report discusse s the structural transformation of rural economies in least developed coun tries\, highlighting its critical importance to the fulfilment of the Sust ainable Development Goals. It concludes that such transformation should en compass agricultural upgrading and diversification towards rural non-farm activities to maximize the synergies between the two. Furthermore\, it sho uld foster an increase in rural demand while strengthening supply response . The Report highlights the potential of the infrastructure investment tha t is needed for achievement of the Goals to generate increased rural deman d. It also stresses the importance of appropriate sequencing and design\, including labour-based construction methods and local procurement\, to max imize its transformational effect. It concludes by outlining policies for rural structural transformation in the areas of finance\, agricultural tec hnology\, enterprise and innovation\, human resources and institutions. It also emphasizes the need for the international community\, having adopted the Sustainable Development Goals\, to show the necessary political will in providing the means necessary to their fulfilment\, including providing least developed countries with a level of official development assistance commensurate with the major challenges they face in achieving the Goals.  Trade and Development Report\, 2015: Making the International Financial Architecture Work for Development Deliberations by the Trade and Developm ent Board under this agenda item will provide an opportunity to review som e of the critical issues to be addressed in order to establish a more stab le and inclusive international monetary and financial system that can supp ort the development challenges over the coming years. The Board will consi der existing shortcomings\, analyse emerging vulnerabilities and examine p roposals and initiatives for reform.As background documentation for the Bo ard’s deliberations\, chapters III to VI of the Trade and Development Re port\, 2015 point to limitations in the functioning of the international m onetary and financial system\, which ideally should be able to properly re gulate international liquidity\, avoid large and lasting imbalances and al low for countercyclical policies. However\, international liquidity and ca pital movements tend to respond to economic conditions in developed countr ies rather than to actual needs in developing countries. The Report also l ooks at the role of large international banks and financial intermediaries \, whose activities have increased much faster than the capacity of any pu blic institution\, either national or multilateral\, to regulate it effect ively. It shows that recent initiatives aiming at better regulation remain timid and narrow. This dysfunctional regime can prevent neither boom-and- bust episodes nor recurrent debt crises. When such crises occur\, it leads to asymmetric adjustment that places most of the burden on debtor countri es and exacerbates a procyclical bias. There is a need to provide a mechan ism for debt resolution\, particularly sovereign external debt\, which min imizes the cost of the crisis\, shares it fairly among the different playe rs and restores growth and debt sustainability. Finally\, the Report exami nes major issues in the provision of long-term finance for development\, f or which specialized public institutions and mechanisms are crucial.http&a mp\;#58\;//www.unog.ch/80256EDD006B8954/(httpAssets)/88FFDD768F055AECC1256 F2A0052A3CC/$file/Palais%20des%20Nations%20map.pdf"\; target="\;_b lank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/junta-de-co mercio-y-desarrollo-62a-reunion-ejecutiva DTSTAMP:20260707T210654Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d6a6ee7db5 DTSTART:20160127T020000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160127T020000Z LOCATION:\, Suiza SUMMARY:Junta de Comercio y Desarrollo\, 62ª reunión ejecutiva CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:POSTPONEMENTAs was decided at the twenty-ninth special session of the Trade and Development Board\, held on Thursday\, 26 November 2015\, the UNCTAD secretariat has the honour to inform member States and organiz ations concerned that the sixty-second executive session of the Trade and Development Board scheduled for 9–11 December 2015 will now be held on f rom 25–27 January 2016.Register online for this meetingDownloads:Meeting Registration Guidelines English | FrenchMap of Palais des Nations The Le ast Developed Countries Report 2015: Transforming Rural Economies The Lea st Developed Countries Report 2015: Transforming Rural Economies will be p resented to the Trade and Development Board. This year the Report discusse s the structural transformation of rural economies in least developed coun tries\, highlighting its critical importance to the fulfilment of the Sust ainable Development Goals. It concludes that such transformation should en compass agricultural upgrading and diversification towards rural non-farm activities to maximize the synergies between the two. Furthermore\, it sho uld foster an increase in rural demand while strengthening supply response . The Report highlights the potential of the infrastructure investment tha t is needed for achievement of the Goals to generate increased rural deman d. It also stresses the importance of appropriate sequencing and design\, including labour-based construction methods and local procurement\, to max imize its transformational effect. It concludes by outlining policies for rural structural transformation in the areas of finance\, agricultural tec hnology\, enterprise and innovation\, human resources and institutions. It also emphasizes the need for the international community\, having adopted the Sustainable Development Goals\, to show the necessary political will in providing the means necessary to their fulfilment\, including providing least developed countries with a level of official development assistance commensurate with the major challenges they face in achieving the Goals.  Trade and Development Report\, 2015: Making the International Financial Architecture Work for Development Deliberations by the Trade and Developm ent Board under this agenda item will provide an opportunity to review som e of the critical issues to be addressed in order to establish a more stab le and inclusive international monetary and financial system that can supp ort the development challenges over the coming years. The Board will consi der existing shortcomings\, analyse emerging vulnerabilities and examine p roposals and initiatives for reform.As background documentation for the Bo ard’s deliberations\, chapters III to VI of the Trade and Development Re port\, 2015 point to limitations in the functioning of the international m onetary and financial system\, which ideally should be able to properly re gulate international liquidity\, avoid large and lasting imbalances and al low for countercyclical policies. However\, international liquidity and ca pital movements tend to respond to economic conditions in developed countr ies rather than to actual needs in developing countries. The Report also l ooks at the role of large international banks and financial intermediaries \, whose activities have increased much faster than the capacity of any pu blic institution\, either national or multilateral\, to regulate it effect ively. It shows that recent initiatives aiming at better regulation remain timid and narrow. This dysfunctional regime can prevent neither boom-and- bust episodes nor recurrent debt crises. When such crises occur\, it leads to asymmetric adjustment that places most of the burden on debtor countri es and exacerbates a procyclical bias. There is a need to provide a mechan ism for debt resolution\, particularly sovereign external debt\, which min imizes the cost of the crisis\, shares it fairly among the different playe rs and restores growth and debt sustainability. Finally\, the Report exami nes major issues in the provision of long-term finance for development\, f or which specialized public institutions and mechanisms are crucial.http&a mp\;#58\;//www.unog.ch/80256EDD006B8954/(httpAssets)/88FFDD768F055AECC1256 F2A0052A3CC/$file/Palais%20des%20Nations%20map.pdf"\; target="\;_b lank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/junta-de-co mercio-y-desarrollo-62a-reunion-ejecutiva DTSTAMP:20260707T210654Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR