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UNCTAD calls for a bold international economic agenda to avert another lost decade for developing countries
… architecture. UNCTAD in its latest Trade and Development Report Update released on 12 April warns that developing … debt levels and higher servicing costs squeeze productive investment in both the public and private sectors. A … points to future rounds of debt distress. [See Table 1 on world output growth below] High food prices hurt developing …
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UNCTAD, GIZ and BMZ break new ground on Corporate Social Responsibility training for emerging country TNCs
… executive coaching for CSR professionals from around the world. The target audience for the course are managers with … established record of work on CSR issues within UNCTAD’s Investment and Enterprise Division. Building on the Accra … responsibility. This includes research provided in a 2011 Report to the G20 and published in UNCTAD’s World …
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Finland signs for its 2012 contribution to UNCTAD's technical cooperation activities
… for development ICT and law reform Information Economy Report Capacity-building in investment for development Primarily used in support of the World Investment Report series and the Empretec programme. …
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Colombian Securities Exchange Joins United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative
… to face the challenges of sustainable and responsible investment. All this, with the vision set on creating … the promotion of sustainable stock exchanges around the world," said James Zhan , Director of UNCTAD's Investment and … Exchange to the SSE." The UNCTAD 2014 World Investment Report outlines UNCTAD's Action Plan for investing in the …
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Mexican Stock Exchange Joins United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative
… the privilege to address stock exchanges on responsible investment for sustainable development," said James Zhan , … committing to more action in this area." The UNCTAD 2014 World Investment Report outlines UNCTAD's Action Plan for investing in the …
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Financing a global climate plan
… The jury is still out on whether world leaders are ready to turn words into actions at COP26. … is life as we’ve known it for millennia. The recent IPCC report is unequivocal. Many of the climatic changes we are … and a transformative approach based on scaling up public investment to adapt to existing and future threats and to …
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SDG Pulse 2022
… multilateralism and trade and development. Since 2020, the world has been in a constant state of cascading crises that … related to trade, tariffs, development fnance, debt, investment, illicit fnance, and enterprise sustainability. … that will serve as a data source for the indicator. This report not only presents statistical updates and data-driven …
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UNCTAD and G20 sustain their partnership under Russian Presidency
… cycle of economic growth: growth through quality jobs and investment; growth through trust and transparency; and growth … for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank. The Russian Federation is also interested in … inclusive and balanced growth and job creation around the world. Addressing major challenges to the global economy is a …
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Leading international agencies form task force on net zero policy
… contained in the group’s “ Integrity Matters ” report during last year’s COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. … its constituents include the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), which will serve as the Task force’s … Reporting Standards (IFRS) and others. ‘Catalysts for real-world change’ UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan said: …
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Towards a new trade agenda for the right to food
… for the effective implementation and reform of existing World Trade Organization provisions. In 2021, the fifteenth … Special Rapporteur on the right to food, in his interim report submitted in July 2020 to the seventy-fifth session of … interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development, UNCTAD urges member …