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UNCTAD releases data on over 1,000 investor-state arbitration cases

UNCTAD releases data on over 1,000 investor-state arbitration cases

11 Feb 2021
The data set, provided free of charge, covers all known cases of treaty-based investor-state arbitrations as of July 2020.
Creativity is the answer we’ve been looking for – now is the time to embrace and invest in it

Creativity is the answer we’ve been looking for – now is the time to embrace and invest in it

1 Feb 2021
By Marisa Henderson, Chief of the Creative Economy Programme, and Amy Shelver, Public Information Officer, UNCTAD
Germany funds work to boost trade in Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras and Mongolia

Germany funds work to boost trade in Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras and Mongolia

22 Jan 2021
The funding will enable UNCTAD to build the capacity of stakeholders from the public and private sectors to implement trade facilitation reforms in the selected countries.
COVID-19 drives large international trade declines in 2020

COVID-19 drives large international trade declines in 2020

9 Dec 2020
Services sector remains hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, dropping to levels last seen in the 1990s, nowcasts from UNCTAD's 2020 Handbook of Statistics show.
Investment promotion agencies from Estonia, India and Rwanda receive UN awards for excellence in their COVID-19 responses

Investment promotion agencies from Estonia, India and Rwanda receive UN awards for excellence in their COVID-19 responses

7 Dec 2020
The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency wins special recognition for mainstreaming gender in investment promotion.
Boosting incomes and reducing vulnerabilities of maize farmers in Laos

Boosting incomes and reducing vulnerabilities of maize farmers in Laos

24 Nov 2020
A recent UNCTAD study identifies three ways smallholder farmers in the landlocked southeast Asian nation can boost earnings from their harvests.
New Asian trade bloc could help boost post-pandemic investment

New Asian trade bloc could help boost post-pandemic investment

18 Nov 2020
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement comes at a time of major upheaval caused by COVID-19 and could help revive economic growth.
Digital trade facilitation for women cross-border traders

Digital trade facilitation for women cross-border traders

10 Nov 2020
Written by Sijia Sun and Alexandre Larouche-Maltais, Article No. 66 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°88 - Fourth Quarter 2020]
Global foreign direct investment falls 49% in first half of 2020

Global foreign direct investment falls 49% in first half of 2020

27 Oct 2020
The biggest drops occurred in developed countries, cutting across all major forms of foreign direct investment.
Building a ‘single window’ for trade in Turkmenistan

Building a ‘single window’ for trade in Turkmenistan

16 Oct 2020
The government signed with UN agencies an agreement to build an electronic portal for trade procedures and documents in the Central Asian nation