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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.
UNCTAD in joint work on traceability system for snake skins
12 Mar 2013
UNCTAD and the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) have held a roundtable meeting, with relevant experts, to prepare a platform for an international traceability system for snake skins.
Review of Maritime Transport cites stiff challenges for shipping industry
4 Dec 2012
A glut of new carrying capacity -- and declining rates and levels of competition -- are continuing and worrisome trends among firms providing maritime transport, UNCTAD's annual survey of the shipping industry reveals.
UNCTAD sees expanding opportunity for developing countries to engage in local software development
28 Nov 2012
Developing countries, with the burgeoning skills of their domestic software writers, should seek to expand the creation of software that meets local needs and capabilities as a means of increasing income and addressing broader economic and social development goals, says Information Economy Report 2012.
Launch of Trade and Development Report 2012: Policies for inclusive and balanced growth
13 Sep 2012
UNCTAD Report explores the links between income distribution, growth and development, arguing that inequality is neither a necessary condition for sound economic growth, nor its natural result. Pro-active fiscal and income policies to reduce income gaps influence economic growth.
Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge
14 Jun 2012
New book - edited by UNCTAD and co-published by the UN and Earthscan - offers information and analysis on the climate change challenge from the perspective of maritime transport and trade.
Climate change impacts on ports and trade: The need to adapt
20 Sep 2011
Ports are likely to be affected directly and indirectly by climate changes, such as rising sea levels, extreme weather events and rising temperatures. Climate change and its impact on ports will be the theme of the upcoming Expert Meeting that will take place from the 29th to the 30th of September.
How are maritime freight rates affected by rising oil prices?
27 Apr 2010
With maritime transport heavily dependent on oil for propulsion, and with oil prices expected to sustain their current high levels, a new technical report by UNCTAD examines the effect of rising oil prices on maritime freight rates.
Climate change must be faced despite global economic crisis, expert meeting on maritime transport stresses
30 Nov 2009
A summary of the proceedings of an UNCTAD Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Transport and Trade Facilitation: "Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge" held on 16-18 February 2009, has been published by the UNCTAD Secretariat.
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