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By Teresa Moreira, Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD

The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency wins special recognition for mainstreaming gender in investment promotion.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement comes at a time of major upheaval caused by COVID-19 and could help revive economic growth.

The biggest drops occurred in developed countries, cutting across all major forms of foreign direct investment.

Stakeholders gather to share experiences and exchange information to advance the welfare of consumers in open markets.

The pandemic has accelerated the shift towards a more digital world and triggered changes in online shopping behaviours that are likely to have lasting effects

New UNCTAD report shows reshoring, diversification and regionalization will drive restructuring of global value chains in the coming years.

Lockdown measures and factory stoppages in the wake of COVID-19 have severely impacted supply chain and factories’ production in the region.

All industries on the continent are reeling from the double blow of the coronavirus pandemic and low commodity prices, UNCTAD’s new report says.

COVID-19 causes steep drop in investment flows, hitting developing countries hardest. Recovery is not expected before 2022, says new UNCTAD report.