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Tunisian President invites UNCTAD to hold World Investment Forum 2014 in Tunis
… Led by Mr. James Zhan, Director of the Division on Investment and Enterprise, and also comprising Mr. Mongi … The delegation took the opportunity to present the 2012 World Investment Report which introduces UNCTAD’s newly developed Investment …
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The World Bank’s 'Doing Business' report is out of business. So what next?
… In September the World Bank announced it was “discontinuing” its “Doing Business” report, which ranks countries on the ease of opening and … working on a new approach to assessing the business and investment climate.” What could this look like, how can it …
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Twenty-fifth UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures
… The Joint UNCTAD-OECD Report on investment measures implemented by G20 members … to all countries and all people. Related publication : World Investment Report 2021 : Investing in sustainable …
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2024
… The world economy continues to face multiple crises, jeopardizing … risks to global trade and industrial production. The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2024 presents an … The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023 is a report produced by the United Nations Department of Economic …
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Investment and trade are increasingly entwined via GVCs, report says
… The ever-more complicated webs of investment and trade, by which raw materials extracted in one … country for final consumption, are the topic of the UNCTAD report entitled Global Value Chains and Development: … presented in this launch publication in its forthcoming World Investment Report 2013, which will examine the …
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Seventeenth UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures released
… 2016 to mid-May 2017), seven G20 Members have introduced investment policy measures specific to foreign direct … 10 BITs concluded by G20 Members entered into effect. The Report cautions that, given the relatively low number of … to the commitments by G20 Leaders in favour of an open world economy, the promotion of global investment, and the …
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Tenth UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures released
… The joint report also indicates that the great majority of investment … and Development (OECD) and launched together with the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Report on Trade Measures, …
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Ninth UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures released
… The joint report, the ninth since September 2009, indicates that the great majority of investment policy measures went in the direction of … for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Trade Organization. During the reporting period, …
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Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2024
… The world is facing a sustainable development crisis. The 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing for Development at a Crossroads finds that … and others are coalescing around $4 trillion additional investment needed annually for developing countries. This …
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8th UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures Released
… The joint report, the eighth since September 2009, finds that in the first half of 2012, global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows fell by 8 per cent compared to the … investment, an issue also analyzed in UNCTAD's 2012 World Investment Report Governments also may be tempted to …