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Parliamentarians can unlock corporate investment in sustainable development
5 Nov 2014
Parliaments should take an active role in channelling corporate investment to sustainable development, say experts at the World Investment Forum.
Biofuels remain an important and growing sector for developing countries, new UNCTAD report says
4 Nov 2014
The report entitled: "The State of the Biofuels Market: Regulatory, Trade and Development Perspectives" offers a comprehensive snapshot of today's biofuels market and how it contributes to enhancing access to renewable energy sources sustainably and improving the livelihoods of people in developing countries.
New UNCTAD-International Labour Organization partnership in Rwanda leads to sustained technical assistance
4 Nov 2014
UNCTAD accesses Rwanda's One UN Fund for the seventh consecutive year thanks to its role within the UN Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity.
Progress in ongoing projects in Lao People's Democratic Republic and Tanzania discussed at meeting of SECO / UN Trade Cluster initiative
4 Nov 2014
The Global Management Board of the SECO / UN Trade Cluster initiative, sponsored by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), met on 27 October to discuss ongoing operations and future projects.
Ethiopia strengthens its information and communication technology policies with UNCTAD support
3 Nov 2014
UNCTAD is assisting Ethiopia in the production of information economy statistics and a review of its e-commerce laws.
UNCTAD puts spotlight on landlocked developing countries ahead of UN conference in Vienna
31 Oct 2014
Meetings in Geneva and New York consider investment in LLDCs and their participation in regional and global commodity value chains.
Multinationals wary of unpredictable legal environment
29 Oct 2014
Experts argue that reducing policy uncertainty is as important as cutting tariffs, to attract foreign investment.
Sixty certificates awarded to participants of UNCTAD's first course on non-tariff measures
27 Oct 2014
UNCTAD’s Virtual Institute and the Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities has awarded the "UNCTAD Certified Non-Tariff Measures Data Collector Certificate" to 60 participants of the first online course on non-tariff measures.
Accountancy experts consider role of corporate reporting in economic development
24 Oct 2014
UNCTAD hosted the thirty-first session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR), an event which this year took place as part of UNCTAD's World Investment Forum 2014.
'People must prevail over capital' says Ecuador's President Rafael Correa at Prebisch Lecture
24 Oct 2014
President Rafael Correa Delgado of Ecuador told an audience of hundreds that “subjugation of living, breathing human beings to the needs of capital” is not acceptable in a damning critique of “an immoral and unjust world order” during a special lecture on 24 October organized by UNCTAD in Geneva to mark the organization’s fiftieth anniversary year.
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