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Debate on Value Chains: How to share benefits more equitably
… of fair trade considerations and how benefits of global value chains are shared. This lunch event will provide participants …
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Train-the-Trainers Seminar on Measuring the Contribution of Services to Regional Value Chains
… Background Integration into higher value-added activities of global and regional value chains is crucial for development outcomes and realizing the …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Launch of the Digital Economy Report 2024
… 2024 . This year the report explores the link between the global digital economy and the environment, and what this … Our message is clear: The digital economy is driving global growth. But it is also having an increasing … However, this can only be realized if they can add value to extracted minerals, utilize proceeds effectively, …
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Summer School 2019: The Crisis of Multilateralism - is a Global Green New Deal the Solution?
… are: UNCTAD and Multilateralism: From UNCTAD I to the Global Green New Deal: A discussion on the evolution of … focus on corporate rentierism, international trade, global value chains, and digital economies. Geneva principles for a Global …
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2nd Oceans Forum on trade-related aspects of Sustainable Development Goal 14
… in the world. In recent years, exports reached a value of 153 US$ billion in 2017, up about 8 percent compared … more effectively harness the power of trade within value chains and their related services. In Pacific Small Island … and wild stocks are under increasing pressure. In 2016, global capture fishery production consisted of 81.5 million …
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2nd International Convention on Sustainable Trade: Sustainable Value Chains and Standards
… partnerships between trading partners towards sustainable global value chains and achieving the UN SDGs. The Convention will touch …
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Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Implementing The Paris Agreement: Response Measures and Trade
… them. Up to 80 percent of trade flows take place within global value chains. And it is within value chains that countries will be …
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BioTrade, Access and Benefit-Sharing in support of the SDGs: Entering a new alliance for economic growth, innovation and biodiversity
… State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO under the Global BioTrade Programme: Linking trade, environment and … agricultural crops and livestock, to develop and trade value added products. Moreover, BioTrade is increasing the … 4.44 billion (US$5.38 billion) in 2016 in over 3500 value chains in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, …
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World Cotton Day
… A global celebration of cotton and its stakeholders, from field … World Cotton Day, reflecting the importance of cotton as a global commodity. World Cotton Day will be celebrated in … and businesses and their contributions to the cotton value chain. These specific activities will be organized at …
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6th Regional Meeting Public Policy Analysis with Computable General Equilibrium Models.
… 5. Latin America and the Caribbean’s Participation in Value Chains: Economic and social impact of the transformation of global and regional value chains; Technological intensity and …