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24 Oct 2024 - Joint report explores scope for coordinated approaches on climate action, carbon pricing, and policy spillovers
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Geneva, Switzerland22 Oct 2024 - Vulnerability of supply chains exposed as global maritime chokepoints come under pressure
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The Weekly Tradecast
Richard Baldwin: Why the shift to services opens new doors for development
The Weekly Tradecast talks to Richard Baldwin – professor at IMD Business School and an expert on globalization – for his insights on the big economic shifts from manufacturing to services and what they mean for developing countries.
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UNCTAD Secretary-General
Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica is the first woman and Central American to serve as UNCTAD’s secretary-general.
Ms. Grynspan is a renowned advocate of human development, who has helped to focus the world’s attention on relevant issues such as the reduction of inequality and poverty, gender equality, South-South cooperation as a tool for development, and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, among others.
A former vice president of Costa Rica, Ms. Grynspan joins UNCTAD from the Ibero-American Conference where she also led the organization as secretary-general.