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Joint UNCTAD-OECD report analyses G-20 countries' investment policy measures
… The joint report, seventh since September 2009, finds that global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose by 17% in 2011, despite the … only moderately, the report predicts. The fragility of the world economy, uncertainties related to sovereign debt, as …
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The Practice of Responsible Investment Principles in Larger-Scale Agricultural Investments - Implications for corporate performance and impact on local communities - World Bank Group discussion paper co-authored by UNCTAD
… prices of agricultural commodities in the wake of the world food price crisis of 2007–08 have stimulated renewed interest in agricultural investment following decades of chronic underinvestment. For … in Africa and Southeast Asia over a 50-year period. This report, The Practice of Responsible Investment Principles in …
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PROGRESS REPORT: IMPLEMENTATION OF POST-DOHA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORK IN THE AREA OF INVESTMENT
… developed a technical assistance programme in the area of investment that reflects consultations with a wide range of … from developing countries, and the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO).1 This programme seeks to help … capacity-building and institutional capacitybuilding. The report below provides a summary and assessment by the UNCTAD …
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G20 Members not raising barriers to investment, joint UNCTAD-OECD report says
… Boosting foreign investment is seen as an important means to revive a stagnant global economy. "Our report shows that in general fears of new protectionism are … G20 governments wish to keep their pledge to build an open world economy, reject protectionism, and facilitate global …
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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) releases annual report 2023
… The annual report 2023 of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is now … to suffer disproportionately from weak growth of trade and investment, growing debt burdens, supply chain disruptions, … its efforts to advocate for developing economies on the world stage, while continuing to advance its three pillars of …
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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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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2022
… The world is now two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the … the national and international levels. As detailed in this report, national fiscal and monetary authorities need to … into the global tax system, and encouraging more private investment into developing countries. We must also overhaul …
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2021
… Disruption unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic—hit the world economy in 2020. The pandemic reached every corner of the world, infecting more than 90 million and, so far, has killed … The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2021 is a report produced by the United Nations Department of Economic …
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Investment policies for the energy transition: Incentives and disincentives
… UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2023 highlights a worrisome increase in the SDG … of cleaner power generation solutions. At the recent World Investment Forum (WIF), global stakeholders emphasized …
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Meeting on accounting standards stresses key role of corporate reporting in promoting investment
… des Nations. During the Forum, experts from around the world – including representatives of the International Accounting Standards Board, the World Bank, the International Federation of Accountants, and … stresses key role of corporate reporting in promoting investment … news …