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How United Nations reform can support a reimagined democracy
… economies and democracies Just three years ago our world leaders committed “to working tirelessly” for the full … and critiques. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2017 finds that “a new era of restricted freedoms and … And as trade has intensified, fostered by trade and investment agreements with provisions that increasingly limit …
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Countries hail leadership of outgoing UNCTAD chief
… to better access and benefit from global trade and investment,” the group’s coordinator, Athaliah Molokomme, … facilitating consensus-building to leverage on trade, investment, finance, and technology as instruments for … group, Sergey Ivanov of Russia thanked Dr. Kituyi for his report to UNCTAD member states ahead of the forthcoming …
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The Future Will Not Take Care of Itself
… The industrialized world is undergoing rapid employment growth. A May 2019 cover … in The Economist magazine declared that “most of the rich world is enjoying a jobs boom of unprecedented scope.” [1] … depends on the institutions of governance, societal investment, education, law, and public and private leadership …
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Soaring debt burden threatens global goals, experts warn
… The world is addicted to debt, which has ballooned to … level. According to UNCTAD’s 2019 Trade and Development Report , global debt stocks expanded to their highest levels … promote nutrition, good health and quality education) investment requirements mean that the debt-to-gross domestic …
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Selected Issues in Corporate Governance: Regional and Country Experiences
… governance. Over 80 participants from all regions of the world participated. Several panels examined the issue of …
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Food security cited as priority at meeting of commodity experts
… United States corn belt, the source of 40 per cent of the world's crop. "In the agricultural commodities and food … Citing UNCTAD's first Commodities and Development Report, released last year, he noted that "many of these … accumulation of foreign assets over domestic spending and investment." To enhance the link between higher commodity …
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Why are we behind on SDG finance and what can we do about it?
… commitments is slower today than it has ever been. As world leaders assess progress in the first four years of the … in trade policy and the modernization of the International Investment Agreements that contain actions to make these … swap facilities, such as proposed by ECLAC in this year’s Report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for …
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2017 in Review
… UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to tell global … prosperity”. With the imminent entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement – … traditional and non-traditional sources of innovation and investment, Ticora Jones , who links up universities and …
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Developing countries cannot afford to miss out on the green tech revolution
… the main takeaways of UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report 2023 is that national governments and the … have been expanding at unequal rates throughout the world, with disadvantages for developing countries. One … the creation of jobs. UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report 2023 shows multiple examples of countries investing in …
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2017 in Review: April to June
… trade deficit, a government budget deficit and a national investment-saving deficit. Later in the month, the Commission … School, Portugal. Toward the end of the month, the report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for … from over 50 international institutions, including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund and the …