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Bangladesh seeks to improve services sector with UNCTAD help
10 Dec 2014
Government officials, stakeholders and UNCTAD experts met to assess the findings of the Services Policy Review of Bangladesh in Dhaka on 25-26 November 2014.
Trade balance of developing and developed countries continues to converge, UNCTAD statistics show
10 Dec 2014
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2014 shows that developing and transition economies run large trade surpluses for merchandise and services trade.
UNCTAD and Luxembourg join forces to strengthen competition policy and consumer protection in Ethiopia
9 Dec 2014
The UNCTAD Secretary-General and Luxembourg's Ambassador signed an agreement to reinforce the capacities of Ethiopian enforcement authority on 5 December 2014 in Geneva.
Paraguayan officials visit Chile to study services sector as part of UNCTAD project
9 Dec 2014
The trip to Santiago, which took place from 1 to 4 December, was organized by the University of Chile's Institute of International Studies, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Funding creative industries, arts and culture is a good investment
4 Dec 2014
UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Petko Draganov was speaking at an UNCTAD 50th anniversary event held in Istanbul, 28 November, 2014, aimed at boosting Turkey's media, design, music and arts industries.
Occupied Palestinian territory loses at least $306 million per year in public revenue leakage to Israel, new study finds
3 Dec 2014
The Occupied Palestinian Territory loses at least $306 million annually in leakage of customs, purchase and value added tax revenues that are not transferred to the Palestinian treasury by Israel, a new UNCTAD study suggests.
Structural transformation of Ethiopian economy under discussion in Addis Ababa
3 Dec 2014
Policymakers from the Ethiopian Prime Minister's Office held brainstorming meeting with experts from UNCTAD and other international bodies.
Strengthening capacities of West African countries to harmonize e-commerce legislation in the region
2 Dec 2014
UNCTAD delivered a Small Private Online Course to lawmakers and government officials from selected West-African countries on key aspects to be considered for the drafting of e-Commerce laws.
Actions to improve the business environment discussed in Khartoum at the presentation of the Investment Policy Review of Sudan
28 Nov 2014
Sudan has made progress in improving its investment climate but challenges remain, an UNCTAD review has concluded.
Economic vicious circle trapping the world's poorest countries must be reversed if new development goals are to be met
27 Nov 2014
UNCTAD's Least Developed Countries Report 2014 says that the international community must learn from the failure of most of the poorest countries to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) despite registering strong economic growth - a phenomenon the Report dubs the "LDC paradox".
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