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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:UNCTAD16 parallel event: Expanding productive capacities to enhance
  developing countries’ financial sustainability
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DESCRIPTION:Available finance for developing countries falls $4 trillion sh
 ort of what is required annually. With high debt servicing costs and slugg
 ish export earnings\, the ability of developing countries to build socioec
 onomic resilience is compromised.Moreover\, underdeveloped productive capa
 cities and an increasing digital divide limit the ability of developing co
 untries to expand participation in global markets and export more value ad
 ded goods and services. This in turn negatively impacts their external and
  public sector financial sustainability.Fostering requisite productive cap
 acities will enable developing countries to address structural and persist
 ent socioeconomic vulnerabilities and achieve inclusive growth and develop
 ment.UNCTAD has developed the productive capacities index and a sustainabl
 e development financial assessment framework\, including a new policy dash
 board\, to support policy decisions of developing countries around product
 ive capacities and financial sustainability.This parallel event will ident
 ify practical measures to assist more vulnerable economies to accelerate t
 he development of productive capacities to boost export earnings and incre
 ase government revenue streams.This includes seeking new mechanisms\, such
  as debt swaps\, for building productive capacities.ProgrammeOpening remar
 ks:Pedro Manuel Moreno\, Deputy Secretary-General of UN Trade and Developm
 ent (UNCTAD)High-level panel and interactive discussionQuestions:How can a
  coordinated sequencing of productive capacity- enhancing projects expand 
 the capacity of countries to access affordable long-term finance?What poli
 cy options do developing economies have to boost their productive capaciti
 es development?How do investments in productive capacities affect external
  and public sector financial sustainability\, and how can they be managed?
 What support can UNCTAD provide to assist countries in expanding their pro
 ductive capacities and ensuring financial sustainability\, such as through
  mechanisms for debt swaps for productive capacities?Speakers:Baboucarr Ou
 smaila Joof\, Minister of Trade\, Industry\, Regional Integration and Empl
 oyment of The GambiaLee Kinyanjui\, Cabinet Secretary for Investments\, Tr
 ade and Industry of the Republic of KenyaTekreth Kamrang\, Secretary of St
 ate\, Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of CambodiaXiaowen Fu\, Head of 
 Department and Professor in Engineering Management\, Department of Industr
 ial and Systems Engineering\, Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityTaffere Tesf
 achew\, Senior Advisor on Economic Transformation in Africa\, Tony Blair I
 nstitute for Global Change (TBI)Gilson Pina\, National Director for Planni
 ng\, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Cabo Verde Moderator:Ratnakar
  Adhikari\, Executive Director of the Executive Secretariat\, Enhanced Int
 egrated Framework (EIF)&lt\;p&gt\;Available finance for developing countri
 es falls $4 trillion short of what is required annually. With high debt se
 rvicing costs and sluggish export earnings\, the ability of developing cou
 ntries to build socioeconomic resilience is compromised.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p
 &gt\;Moreover\, underdeveloped productive capacities and an increasing dig
 ital divide limit the ability of developing countries to expand participat
 ion in global markets and export more value added goods and services. This
  in turn negatively impacts their external and public sector financial sus
 tainability.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Fostering requisite productive capaciti
 es will enable developing countries to address structural and persistent s
 ocioeconomic vulnerabilities and achieve inclusive growth and development.
 &lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;UNCTAD has developed the productive capacities inde
 x and a sustainable development financial assessment framework\, including
  a new policy dashboard\, to support policy decisions of developing countr
 ies around productive capacities and financial sustainability.&lt\;/p&gt\;
 &lt\;p&gt\;This parallel event will identify practical measures to assist 
 more vulnerable economies to accelerate the development of productive capa
 cities to boost export earnings and increase government revenue streams.&l
 t\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;This includes seeking new mechanisms\, such as debt s
 waps\, for building productive capacities.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;h3&gt\;Programm
 e&lt\;/h3&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Opening remarks:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&g
 t\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Pedro Manuel Moreno&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Deputy Secretary
 -General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt
 \;h4&gt\;High-level panel and interactive discussion&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt
 \;Questions:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;How can a coordinated sequ
 encing of productive capacity- enhancing projects expand the capacity of c
 ountries to access affordable long-term finance?&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;W
 hat policy options do developing economies have to boost their productive 
 capacities development?&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;How do investments in prod
 uctive capacities affect external and public sector financial sustainabili
 ty\, and how can they be managed?&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;What support can
  UNCTAD provide to assist countries in expanding their productive capaciti
 es and ensuring financial sustainability\, such as through mechanisms for 
 debt swaps for productive capacities?&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;
 Speakers:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Baboucarr Ous
 maila Joof&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Minister of Trade\, Industry\, Regional Inte
 gration and Employment of The Gambia&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&g
 t\;Lee Kinyanjui&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Cabinet Secretary for Investments\, Tr
 ade and Industry of the Republic of Kenya&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;str
 ong&gt\;Tekreth Kamrang&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Secretary of State\, Ministry o
 f Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&
 gt\;Xiaowen Fu&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Head of Department and Professor in Engi
 neering Management\, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering\, Ho
 ng Kong Polytechnic University&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Taf
 fere Tesfachew&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Senior Advisor on Economic Transformatio
 n in Africa\, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt
 \;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Gilson Pina&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, National Director 
 for Planning\, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Cabo Verde&amp\;nbsp
 \;&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Moderator:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&
 lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Ratnakar Adhikari&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Executive 
 Director of the Executive Secretariat\, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF
 )&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.
 org/unctad16/expanding-productive-capacities-to-enhance-developing-countri
 es-financial-sustainability
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