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Investment Policy Review of Bangladesh unveiled and efforts to improve infrastructure recommended
26 Mar 2013
An UNCTAD Investment Policy Review (IPR) for Bangladesh that recommends improvements to infrastructure and the adoption of a modern law on investment has been presented to government officials.
Latest Global Investment Trends Monitor focuses on BRICS FDI and Africa
25 Mar 2013
Burgeoning foreign direct investment (FDI) into and out of Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China, and South Africa -- collectively known as the BRICS - is mounting in global influence, the latest GITM reports, citing new figures.
Greater attention needed to farming sector, experts tell commodities meeting
20 Mar 2013
High prices for basic farm goods and industrial raw materials, with the complex effects that these cause on the economies of numerous poor countries, are not expected to decline any time soon, the Global Commodities Forum has been told.
Strengthening Iraqi trade policy and WTO negotiations
18 Feb 2013
UNCTAD and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are working as a team to help Iraq set astute trade policy and carry out effective trade negotiations.
UNCTAD begins second cycle of Port Training Programme in Djibouti
18 Feb 2013
Twenty-six port officials in Djibouti, including eight women, have started a twelve-month programme to learn modern port-management techniques.
Sixteenth Colombian member expands Vi affiliate network to 32 institutions
4 Jan 2013
UNCTAD's Virtual Institute (Vi) welcomed the sixteenth Colombian university to the network on 4 December. The admission of Universidad de Santo Tomás, from the city of Bucaramanga, has expanded the Vi affiliate network to 32 institutions. Colombia is the country with the highest representation in UNCTAD's programme for academic cooperation.
First exchange of jury members among port communities in English-speaking network’s Port Training Programme
27 Dec 2012
Representatives from the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, the Namibian Ports Authority and the Port of Cork served as assessors on the Dissertation Panel held in Malé, Maldives on 5–6 December 2012, marking the first exchange of jury members among the English-speaking port communities.
Port training course helps Namibian woman gain manager’s post
16 Dec 2012
Ipupa Kasheeta, of Namibia, credits UNCTAD’s Port Training Programme with helping her become the first woman to manage a terminal at the country’s Walvis Bay Port.
Irish Minister of State assesses impact of UNCTAD Port Training Programme
30 Nov 2012
Mr. Joe Costello, Minister of State at Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, visited Tema Port in Ghana on 17 November 2012 to assess first-hand the impact of UNCTAD's TrainForTrade Port Training Programme on port staff and operations.
UNCTAD’s Human Resources Development/TrainForTrade Section and UNDP Angola sign Memorandum of Understanding
23 Nov 2012
On Monday, 19 November 2012, UNCTAD’s Human Resources Development/TrainForTrade Section signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Development Programme in Angola (UNDP Angola). The Memorandum was signed in the presence of an UNCTAD representative by Mr. Samuel Harbor, UNDP Angola Country Director, and it will remain in force until June 2013.
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