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Trade and Development Report, 2012
… The Trade and Development Report (TDR) 2012 reviews recent trends in the global economy … increasing income inequality has been a feature in the world economy since the early 1980s. However, in the 2000s in … be altered by proactive economic and social policies. The Report also briefly addresses some other aspects of …
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Committing Billions and Investing Trillions: Paying for the Post-2015 Agenda
… achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that world leaders are expected to agree on this September in New … role to play. A main challenge is incentivizing private investment with attractive risk-return rates, while making … as laid out in Chapter IV of UNCTAD’s World Investment Report, 2014 , can help shape the call for SDG investment. …
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Encourage investment where it helps the most, TDB panellists say
… opening the second week of its annual session, discussed “ Investment for sustainable development: Towards a new … and sustainable development ” -- the topic of UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2012, which served as background for the debate. It is …
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Investment flows to developing Asia defy COVID-19, grow by 4%
… Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries in Asia … amid global FDI contraction, according to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2021 , published on 21 June. “Despite the pandemic, …
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Investment flows to developing countries in Asia could fall up to 45% in 2020
… Foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing economies in Asia, hit hard by … to decline by up to 45% in 2020, according UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2020 . Bleak prospects for 2020 The number of …
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Schedule set for major 2013 UNCTAD reports
… The World Investment Report 2013 , under embargo until 5 p.m. GMT 26 June , is … to support economic growth there. "Winds of change in the world economy: Rethinking development strategies" is the …
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Foreign direct investment to Africa defies global slump, rises 11%
… Africa escaped the global decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) as flows to the continent rose to US$46 … of 11% on the previous year, according to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2019 . Growing demand for some commodities and a …
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Global foreign direct investment set to partially recover in 2021 but uncertainty remains
… Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are expected to bottom out in 2021 and … with an increase of 10% to 15%, according to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2021 , published on 21 June . FDI flows plunged …
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South-East Europe economies pursue cooperation on investment policy
… are needed to attract increasing levels of foreign investment (FDI) across South-East Europe (SEE), says … Enterprise Division, James Zhan, said when launching the report that “the IPR reminds us that economic cooperation and … Programme, supported by the European Commission and the World Bank, the review’s recommendations will inform the …
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Economic Development in Africa Report 2010
… role of largedeveloping countries inglobal trade, finance,investment and governance,coupled with their rapideconomic … Africa’s development. The EconomicDevelopment in Africa Report 2010examines recent trends in theeconomic … current patternof economic relations with therest of the world, in which Africaexports commodities and …