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International Investment in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
… COP27. It presents the latest international climate change investment trends and policy developments. The publication … The publication further incorporates key findings from the World Investment Report 2022 , insights from the intergovernmental debate …
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How to narrow the investment gap for global goals
… the SDGs. A new UNCTAD publication entitled “Facilitating investment in the Sustainable Development Goals” outlines how investment promotion agencies (IPAs) can be a game changer, … grow, such financing remains heavily concentrated in the world’s richest economies. Also, most of it goes to sectors …
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Promoting investment in the digital economy
… UNCTAD's Special Issue of the Investment Policy Monitor shows that, even though promoting … on the other, should work synergistically. The forthcoming World Investment Report 2017, on Investment and the Digital Economy, will …
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Developing Asia now invests more abroad than any other region, UNCTAD report says
… were the second and the third largest investors in the world, after the United States which remains the largest single source of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). Among the 20 largest investors, nine were … Asia now invests more abroad than any other region, UNCTAD report says … news …
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Investment Policy Review: Uzbekistan
… findings and recommendations of a review of Uzbekistan´s investment environment and policies. The Investment Policy … economy and the country´s integration into the world economy, Uzbekistan has welcomed foreign investment. The report offers the Government of Uzbekistan with 10 …
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Energy transition calls for faster investment treaty reforms
… energy transition and speedier reform of international investment agreements (IIAs) to support the shift away from … dispute settlement (ISDS) cases, according to a new UNCTAD report . Investors in both fossil fuels and renewable energy … should ensure that flexibilities available under the World Trade Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of …
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Report on UNCTAD's assistance to the Palestinian people
… The latest report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and … costs and barriers to trade with the rest of the world have resulted in a chronic trade deficit and a … technologies and inputs have hollowed out Gaza’s economy. Investment in 2022 diminished to 10.7% of Gaza’s GDP - or a …
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Investment flows to Africa dropped to $45 billion in 2022
… UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2023 published on 5 July shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Africa declined to $45 billion in …
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Investment Guide to the Silk Road
… of centrally planned economiesthat were closed to foreign investment, and the current business environment does not … Nonetheless, the Silk Road region may be one of the world’s most potentially lucrativeuntapped investment … by UNCTAD in 2009, and includes an abstract from an UNCTAD report on an investment promotion strategy for the tourism …
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Investment Promotion and its Impact on Gender equality: Moving the needle on SDG 5
… Investment promotion is a government tool that can impact … Goal (SDG) 5, by influencing the type of foreign direct investment (FDI) that is targeted and enhancing its benefits. … including both IPAs and SEZs, from across the world. A majority of surveyed institutions reported that they …