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Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
UNCTAD eWeek 2023: Launch of the ESCAP-UNCTAD-UNIDO Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2023-2024
… Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2023-2024: Unleashing Digital Trade and Investment for … businesses, big and small, operate and grow all around the world. Through digital trade, a small business in Manila, Ho …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission, fourteenth session - Item 5: Investment facilitation for sustainable development
… Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to this session on Investment Facilitation for Sustainable Development. We have … cooperation agreements. It has also marked debates at the World Trade Organizations. Ministers representing 123 WTO … for Development Agreement. Our World Investment Report last year showed that the number of national policy …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Enhancing access to medicines and other health technologies, World Local Production Forum organized by the World Health Organization
… health system. UNCTAD is proud to be a partner of the World Local Production Forum. Our work in this area has … be built in different parts of the world? UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2021 has surveyed 70 economies and found that …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Annual Investment Meeting - Plenary Session on Investment Partnership and New Forms of FDI
… Investment Partnerships for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth … funds and expertise to contribute to solving multiple world problems. But these outcomes will not happen … FDI numbers will only be confirmed in the World Investment Report 2014 in June, our preliminary estimates show that …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission, thirteenth session
… at the opening of the 13th session of the Commission on Investment, Enterprise and Development . This is the first … times. Today's session comes at a critical juncture. The world is in a context of cascading crises, marked by vicious … decisive impact. According to this year’s World Investment Report, sustainability-themed financial products reached a …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Trade and Development Board, 72nd executive session - Item 4: Investment for development: International tax reforms and sustainable investment
… delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, This TDB session on Investment for Development could not come at a more pertinent time. The world is in the middle of what SG Guterres calls the perfect … we reveal in this year’s edition of the World Investment Report, current investment trends are still highly …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
2nd Annual International Conference of the World Free Zones Organization
… to be with you for the 2nd annual conference of the World Free Zones Organization. It was only a few months ago … It was in Nairobi in December that UNCTAD launched its report on “Enhancing the Contribution of EPZs to the SDGs.” … of trade within Global Value Chains, services and investment. Some 60 % of world trade today consists of …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Launch of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2023
… economy emphasizing Africa’s potential in global trade and world economic future, that is exactly the point that we want to make in the report. That is what we say not only that it was important to … journey towards High Tech potential. However, we know that investment is needed, financial investment as much as human …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
23rd China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT)
… to address you at the 23 rd China International Fair for Investment and Trade, held here in the dynamic city of Xiamen, home to one of the biggest ports in the world. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the People's … are declining. According to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report, Global FDI fell 12 per cent last year, as interest …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Annual Investment Meeting 2013
… to provide you with UNCTAD's assessment of current global investment trends and policy responses. As we meet here … economies remained resilient to the slowdown of the world economy, declining by only 3%, while in developed … that additional stimulus measures to restore growth in the world economy may be needed. In the area of investment, we …