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Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Launch of the Review of Maritime Transport 2022
… at a press conference held under embargo before the report was published on 29 November 2022. Ladies and … about 80 per cent of all traded goods are moved around the world by sea. Without maritime transport, essential items … Universal and predictable regulation is key to encouraging investment, mobilizing finance, strengthening collaboration, …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Africa Partnership Conference
… on the importance of creating an enabling and inclusive investment environment in Africa, a topic of urgent … a change in attitude towards Africa from the rest of the world and a very strategic vision guiding African policy … At UNCTAD, in our Economic Development in Africa Report, we make one last, further point. Africa is in a …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Symposium on Financing a Green Economy at UNEA - Financing the Need
… thing we can all agree on is that there is a significant investment gap. The theme of UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2014, which I launched here in Nairobi yesterday, is …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Comprehensive High-Level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action (UN High-Level Event)
… publication is the annual Least Developed Countries report. Each report provides new data on the LDCs, reviews … topics covered by the IPoA. Other publications include the World Investment Report, the Trade and Development Report, the …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Trade and Development Board, Sixty-second session (Opening Plenary)
… bold, inclusive and collective vision for transforming the world we live in to achieve the future we all want. Next … the support of you, our members, our relevant niche on investment trade and development and the added value it … to deliver on UN mandates, as highlighted by our report prepared for item 9 in the TDB agenda. We continue to …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Trade and Development Board, Twenty-sixth special session
… to when the secretariat would like to look at the review report then it was mainly because it came at a time that we … research, our discourses, dialogues, here and around the world, so that we can give the right kind of approaches to … the Trade and Development Reports, it mentions the World Investment Reports, but there are other reports that …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Presentation of the Review of Maritime Transport 2022
… in infrastructure and reduce its carbon footprint. This report comes with four key messages for policymakers and the … Federation. Shipping can bring prices down and ensure the world has enough food and fertilizer next year. UNCTAD – … Universal and predictable regulation is key to encouraging investment, mobilizing finance, strengthening collaboration, …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Nestlé Creating Shared Value Forum
… countries in support of sustainable development. From investment policies to debt issues, from competition policy … objectives with society’s aspirations. Today the world is facing major socio-economic challenges. We are in … it makes business sense. The UNCTAD 2014 World Investment Report provides further details how this transformation can …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Macroeconomic Policies in Support of a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda
… have seen a persistent slowdown in global growth, weaker investment performance in many countries, and a sharp rise in … transformation. Two recent reports from UNCTAD - the World Investment Report on Investing in the SDGs and our latest Economic …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Trade and Development Board, 60th Session - Items 4 and 8: Interdependence and Development Strategies
… and "Development strategies in a globalized world". When the United Nations decided to create UNCTAD in … Indeed, according to UNCTAD's latest Trade and Development Report, global economic growth, which has been slowing from … the demand of households and hence undermined the role of investment; and a rise in indebtedness that provoked a …