Skip to main content
MACHINE NAME = WEB 2
Welcome to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
English
Français
Español
Browse
New Branding Header
UNCTAD at 60
Global crisis
SDG costing
UNCTAD at 60
Global crisis
SDG costing
Toggle navigation
Main navigation
About
We help developing countries benefit from the global economy more fairly and effectively, providing data and analysis, facilitating consensus-building and offering technical assistance on issues related to trade and development.
Secretary-General
Rebeca Grynspan
Deputy Secretary-General
Pedro Manuel Moreno
UNCTAD15 outcome documents
Annual Report 2023
UNCTAD at a Glance
Accountability
Brand materials
History
Member States
Organigramme
Partnerships
Topics of work
Trade and Development Board
Statistics and data
We provide reliable and timely data and statistics to help countries better understand trade and development trends and design more effective economic, environmental and social policies.
Featured
UNCTADstat
Country profiles
Data centre
Nowcasts
In focus
Costs of achieving the SDGs
Handbook of Statistics
Pulse of the global cost-of-living crisis
Productive Capacities Index
SDG Pulse
World of Debt Dashboard
TRAINS Portal (trade regulations and non-tariff measures)
Publications
Our research and publications provide authoritative and evidence-based analysis on trade and development and policy recommendations to help countries tackle today’s biggest challenges.
Featured
Commodities and Development Report
Digital Economy Report
Economic Development in Africa Report
Handbook of Statistics
The Least Developed Countries Report
Review of Maritime Transport
Technology and Innovation Report
Trade and Development Report
World Investment Report
Publication search
In focus
Global Investment Trends Monitor
Global Trade Update
Policy briefs
Working Papers
UNCTAD Rapid Assessments
Meetings and events
Our meetings and events convene governments, businesses, civil society organizations, academia and international organizations to discuss and build consensus on the most pressing trade and development issues.
Featured
UNCTAD's 60th anniversary
UNCTAD15
Trade and Development Board
World Investment Forum
eWeek
UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Calendar
Meetings search
Meeting series in focus
Expert meetings
Commissions
Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission
Trade and Development Commission
Intergovernmental groups of experts
Competition law and policy
Consumer protection law and policy
E-commerce and the digital economy
Financing for development
International standards of accounting and reporting
Technical cooperation
Our technical cooperation helps developing countries better integrate into the global economy by transforming their economies, tackling vulnerabilities, improving competitiveness and empowering people.
Featured programmes
Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA)
Debt Management and Financial Analysis System (DMFAS)
In focus
Impact stories
Map of UN Development Account projects
Project requests
Sources of funding
Technical assistance toolbox
Media centre
For registered journalists
Newsroom
(password required)
Latest
Brand materials
News
Press releases
Secretary-General statements
The Weekly Tradecast episodes
Videos
Main navigation right
Delegate
Log in
Home
News
Extractive Industries
Displaying results 71 - 80 of 86
Operator
Contains all of these words
Contains any of these words
Contains none of these words
Search
National Capacity Building Workshop for Judges in Costa Rica
11 Nov 2013
UNCTAD organised a first training workshop for judges at the Supreme Court of Costa Rica in San Jose on 11 November 2013.
Results of Voluntary Peer Review of Competition Law and Policy for Nicaragua presented in Managua
8 Nov 2013
UNCTAD presented the results of the peer review of Nicaragua at the American University of Managua on 22 October and made a proposal for a technical assistance project to implement the peer review's recommendations.
UNCTAD contributes to African session on consumer protection
30 Sep 2013
UNCTAD has helped to organize an annual conference on consumer protection law enforcement in Africa.
UNCTAD participates in the Seventh Edition of the Central American Competition Forum
10 Sep 2013
UNCTAD presents viewpoint on moving forward with the enactment of a Regional Competition Law in Central America at the 7th Central American Competition Forum.
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.
Food security cited as priority at meeting of commodity experts
20 Mar 2013
Amid the complex interplay of factors affecting the production of basic farm goods and industrial raw materials, it is vital to ensure that sufficient, affordable food is available in developing countries, an expert meeting has heard.
UNCTAD S-G says resources are a blessing not a curse for Africa
26 Oct 2012
UNCTAD Secretary-General, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, addressed the ECA Eighth African Development Forum on Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa's Development in Addis Ababa yesterday.
UNCTAD supports WAEMU member States’ reform of regional competition framework
22 Oct 2012
As part of a project on reforming the regional competition framework, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Commission and UNCTAD’s Competition and Consumer Policies Branch have recently jointly supported national consultation seminars, in Burkina Faso on 5 October and in Senegal on 9 October.
Niger agrees to host next UNCTAD African Oil and Gas conference in 2013
18 Sep 2012
The 16th African Oil, Gas and Minerals Trade and Finance Conference and Exhibition (OILGASMINE) will be organized in 2013 by UNCTAD in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Niger and in partnership with Cubic Globe Ltd.
Nicaragua volunteers for peer review of its competition law and policy
15 Aug 2012
Dr. Luis Humberto Guzmán, President of the Nicaragua National Institute for the Promotion of Competition (Procompetencia) has requested UNCTAD to undertake a peer review of Nicaragua's competition policy and law number 601 of 2008.
Pagination
« First
First page
‹‹
Previous page
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
››
Next page
Last »
Last page