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Foreign investment in Latin America expected to halve in 2020
16 Jun 2020
COVID-19 shock sends ripples across sectors, with commodities, tourism and transportation among the most severely hit, new UNCTAD report reveals.
Investment flows to developing countries in Asia could fall up to 45% in 2020
16 Jun 2020
Lockdown measures and factory stoppages in the wake of COVID-19 have severely impacted supply chain and factories’ production in the region.
Investment flows in Africa set to drop 25% to 40% in 2020
16 Jun 2020
All industries on the continent are reeling from the double blow of the coronavirus pandemic and low commodity prices, UNCTAD’s new report says.
Advancing the digitalization of trade with partnerships: National Trade Facilitation Committees as a platform for policy modernization
16 Jun 2020
Written by Craig Atkinson, Article No. 54 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°86 - Second Quarter 2020]
Keep ships moving, ports open and trade flowing, urge UN entities
10 Jun 2020
UNCTAD and IMO call on governments to work together to facilitate crew changeover and remove unnecessary regulatory obstacles to maritime transport during and after the COVID-19 crisis.
Textile and garment supply chains in times of COVID-19: challenges for developing countries
29 May 2020
Written by Antonella Teodoro and Luisa Rodriguez, Article No. 53 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°86 - Second Quarter 2020]
Ten actions to boost low and middle-income countries’ productive capacity for medicines
27 May 2020
Written by James Zhan, Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, and Christoph Spennemann, Chief, Intellectual Property Unit, UNCTAD
COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries
27 May 2020
UNCTAD and the WHO have teamed up to respond to the urgent call to boost local production of essential medicines in developing countries.
Post-pandemic plea for sustainable value chains
27 May 2020
Written by Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba and Rubiah Lambert, UNCTAD
Case Study: China's Trade Facilitation responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
22 May 2020
Written by: Pamela Ugaz and Sijia SunArticle No. 52 [Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter, Special COVID-19 Edition]
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