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Growing plastic pollution in wake of COVID-19: How trade policy can help
… trade in plastics, sustainability and development to the World Trade Organization’s trade and environment committee on … global demand could create new, greener trade and investment opportunities for them. Developing nations supply, for example, 92% of the world’s jute, with the main suppliers being Bangladesh (74%) …
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Harness hi-tech for sustainable development, but get it right
… wave of technological progress is sweeping much of the world,” UNCTAD’s Deputy Secretary-General Isabelle Durant … the findings of UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report 2018 , which was released last month. The study …
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Implementing Competition-related Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements: Is it possible to obtain development gains?
… The increasing share of developing countries in world trade and investment flows has been accompanied since the 1990s in …
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Stepping up war on illicit trade to spur development
… of US$2.2 trillion to the global economy, nearly 3% of world economy. Illicit trade in pharmaceuticals is valued at … of the SDGs, as it deprives governments of revenues for investment in vital public services, she said. Mapping the … progress on each of the goals. Mr. Hardy presented the new report at the forum. “Illicit trade has ‘macro impacts’ as it …
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Global actors gather to forge a common front against illicit trade
… economic activity, depriving governments of revenues for investment in vital public services and increasing the costs … of illicit trade Illicit trade drains nearly 3% of the world’s economy. If it were a country, its dark economy would … sectors, address vulnerabilities in supply chain systems, report criminal activity, promote sustainable resource …
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Debt sustainability in developing countries is deteriorating fast
… was almost one-third higher than it was on the eve of the world's worst global financial crisis in 2008,” she said. “The world's outstanding debt accounts for more than three times the world's GDP, the main concern being the growth of …
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An Holistic Approach to Diversification
… diplomacy; creative economy; entrepreneurship training; investment policy; national green export strategy for the … on the implementation of the provisions included in the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement. … has been achieved for the most part: in the last progress report, the level was at 37% of female participation. But it …
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Digital trade facilitation for women cross-border traders
… has been facilitated through international agreements. The World Customs Organization Revised Kyoto Convention Chapter 7 … is cost-effective and efficient for customs and trade. The World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) … Statement on Actions to Support World Trade and Investment in Response to COVID-19 calls for accelerating the …
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The rentiers are here
… In the past few decades, the world's largest corporations have increasingly been … today, lax corporate reporting requirements around the world make it difficult to estimate the scale of the problem. … powers through bilateral and multilateral trade and investment agreements. These powers have been extended to new …
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Why UNCTAD’s work with ports is vitally important
… in 1964, at a time when the newly free nations of the world sought to shape the contours of global trade to meet … In so doing, it has equipped nations throughout the world with the capacity to regulate and manage some of the … largest port in Europe as a consequence of the large-scale investment made by the Dutch Government in the 1960s, and has …