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Afghan youth-driven IT sector has e-commerce potential
… Index. Mohammad Q. Haqjo, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization, received the Rapid eTrade … requires an enabling environment that is conducive to investment, production and new technology.” “E-commerce can … of UNCTAD’s division on technology and logistics. “Our report finds that an ‘early wave’ of e-commerce driven by a …
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Nordic Capital Markets Join Global Movement for Sustainable Development
… in their own region and through their industry around the world. Participants of the SSE Regional Dialogue Nordic … contributions from all sectors, especially from the investment community,” said Mr. James Zhan , Director of … make possible the sustainable development solutions the world is looking for.” UNCTAD’s Investment Policy Framework …
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UNCTAD S-G in Beijing for trade in services event
… in 2010 was 192.2 billion USD, the third highest in the world. Prior to the opening ceremony, H.E. Wen Jiabao , … Industry; Lord Green , UK Minister of State for Trade and Investment; Mr. Pascal Lamy , Director General of the WTO; …
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Quantifying the environmental benefits from paperless trade facilitation
… dedicated to this topic in the recent ESCAP-UNCTAD-UNEP report on climate-smart trade and investment . The logic generally goes as follows: paper is … 5,827 kg of CO2 emissions. In Timor-Leste, UNCTAD ASYCUDA World automated system for customs data has resulted in a …
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UNCTAD review of ASEAN e-commerce laws published
… An UNCTAD report published today, entitled Review of E-commerce … countries. ASEAN was the first region in the developing world to adopt a harmonized legal framework for e-commerce. … the other. While Singapore already has a range of policy, investment and tax initiatives in place to ease the adoption …
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COVID-19 helps us understand the value of staying connected
… Pacific remains the most digitally divided region in the world and the divide continues to widen. More than half of … that no one is left behind in its implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society processes [3] . In … Broadband Commission thoughtfully underlined in its 2019 report on the State of Broadband. ______ [1] ESCAP (2019), …
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Keep ships moving, ports open and trade flowing, urge UN entities
… The world’s reliance on maritime transport makes it more … depends on the 2 million seafarers who operate the world’s merchant ships, which carry more than 80% of global … other important benefits, such as encouraging further investment in digitalization and advancing efforts to improve …
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Indonesia adopts blockchain to grow music industry IP
… economy a priority. “Data is gold in the digital music world. My company’s success depends as much on mining data as … added Mr. Aulia. As the fourth biggest country in the world by population, he is not wrong. The size of the market … Full stream ahead The release of the 2019 Global Music Report by the International Federation of the Phonographic …
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Least developed countries cannot afford to strand their assets, given their development challenges
… LDCs were estimated to account for about 1.1% of total world CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel combustion and …
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COVID-19 and threats of annexation compound a permanent crisis of occupation
… economic activity. According to the latest UNCTAD report on its assistance to the Palestinian people , the … completely shut down, unemployment soared to 39%%, while investment, export and imports fell significantly. The … slowdown in human activity in the region and around the world, 2020 registered the highest number of demolitions and …