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UNCTAD Report on its Assistance to the Palestinian People
… 6 September 2019 – Suffering is deepening in Palestine, as the economy continues to deteriorate, poverty levels continue to rise and environmental degradation worsens. The fiscal standoff with Israel may lead to a collapse of … environmental degradation is placing a health burden on the population. In this context, the report provides updates …
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UNCTAD-GEGI Workshop on Capital Account Regulations and Global Economic Governance
… In the wake of the global financial crisis developed and developing … countries have been re-regulating cross-border finance in the wake of the global financial crisis. Ironically however, many of …
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Least Developed Countries Report 2019
… Least developed countries (LDCs), the world’s most impoverished nations, should proactively … to national development priorities. This approach is the best way to manage their aid dependency and eventually … Least Developed Countries Report 2019 . For them to attain the Sustainable Development Goals, LDCs should take ownership …
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Technical Session: South–South Digital Cooperation to Boost Trade Competitiveness - A pre-event to BAPA+40 Conference
… The main objective of this technical session is to discuss … of developing countries in Industry 4.0 and ensure that the south-south digital cooperation agenda makes global trade … a platform to stakeholders from diverse regions to discuss the olicies/strategies and regulations that developing …
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Training Workshop on Trade in Services Negotiations for African Union Continental Free Trade Area Negotiators
… negotiation capacity UNCTAD, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, is holding a training Workshop on trade in services negotiations designed for the officials and negotiators from the Member States of the African Union. This Workshop is …
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Workshop: Making Geographical Indications work for Rural Communities in selected Asian Countries
… INAMA , UNCTAD Mr. Stephane PASSERI , FAO-AFD Project on the Promotion of Rural Development through Development of … products under Geographical Indication: what it takes and the steps to be undertaken This session will discuss the process of registering a product under GI and how to work …
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From LDC Services Waiver to GSP...S: Follow-up
… Fully harnessing the potential of services and interlinkages between the services sector and the economy as a whole calls for policy coherence and a …
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National Stakeholder Workshop on Ecotourism in Lebanon
… The Ministry of Tourism of Lebanon and the UNCTAD are organizing the National Stakeholder Workshop on Ecotourism that will …
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Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues, ninth session
… [En anglais seulement] The Commission will consider substantive issues, which the Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development is seized with in the implementation of the São Paulo Consensus of UNCTAD XI …
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Commission on Trade in Goods and Services and Commodities, ninth session
… [En anglais seulement] The Commission will examine topical issues in the trade agenda, drawing on the priorities from the São Paulo Consensus, the 5-year …