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Trade and Development Board, 63rd executive session [Africa and the Trade and Development Report]
… and presented to an executive session of the Trade and Development Board. The report provides an overview of … analysis being undertaken by UNCTAD with regard to African development, as well as a summary of specific activities, … sector that falls under the mandate of UNCTAD. Economic Development in Africa Report 2016: Debt Dynamics and …
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Briefing on the United Nations high-level oceans conference 2017: The trade and development perspective
… Background The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted at the United Nations Summit held in New York in September 2015, contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Among them, SDG14, the “Oceans goal”, aims … use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”. SDG14 includes 10 targets relating to marine …
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Multi-year Expert Meeting on Promoting Economic Integration and Cooperation, first session
… find new and independent sources of sustainable growth and development. Increased trade and capital flows amongst these … notably in the form of infrastructure gaps. Infrastructure development, particularly at the regional level, has the … and cooperation mechanisms in supporting infrastructure development to promote economic integration among developing …
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International Autumn School and Workshop - Applied Industrial Policy Theory, Empirics and Instruments for Effective Policy Design
… with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Columbia University Center for Development Economics and Policy. The objective of this … process of structural transformation and its linkages with development, and to equip participants with knowledge of the …
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Briefing on Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: Trade in biodiversity-based goods and services
… The post-2015 development agenda "Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted during the UN …
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Trade and Development Board, 62nd executive session
… at the twenty-ninth special session of the Trade and Development Board, held on Thursday, 26 November 2015, the … that the sixty-second executive session of the Trade and Development Board scheduled for 9–11 December 2015 will now … Rural Economies will be presented to the Trade and Development Board. This year the Report discusses the …
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UNCTAD/UN-NGLS Dialogue Series: Revising Investment Treaties
… a global enabling environment for growth and sustainable development. The transformative potential of the sustainable development agenda will be determined by the various … financial resources, capacity-building and technology development and transfer. For example, the …
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1st BioTrade Congress: Biodiversity - The Life of the Green Economy
… occasion of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Conference) during the Days of Dialogue on sustainable development. The Summit seeks to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, and one of the two issues considered is the role …
Press Material
Least Developed Countries Report 2019
… external finance from all sources is directed to national development priorities. This approach is the best way to … Countries Report 2019 . For them to attain the Sustainable Development Goals, LDCs should take ownership of their development agenda and manage the allocation of external …