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South–South cooperation and regional integration: Where we stand and future directions
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… regional integration: stand future directions Note UNCTAD secretariat Executive summary note addresses … countries Association South- 4 UNCTAD. World Investment Report, 2007: Transnational Corporations, Extractive … speed period 1995, average 13 cent year, compared average annual 9 cent growth world trade, 10 cent growth trade …
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Climate change impacts on seaports: A growing threat to sustainable trade and development
… importance for the global economy and society as a whole ( UNCTAD, 2020a ). It is also key to enabling small island … ambition in many countries, the latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report indicates that the world is still heading for a … by 2100. This could mean that from the 2060s, the overall annual rate of mean SLR could be more than double than that …
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THE EMERGING LANDSCAPE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: SOME SALIENT ISSUES
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… DIRECT INVESTMENT: SOME SALIENT ISSUES Note prepared UNCTAD secretariat* Executive summary widespread expansion … players world stage. phenomenon, examined World Investment Report 2006: FDI Developing Transition Economies — … FDI developing transition economies topic World Investment Report 2006. 15. small number source economies responsible …
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The role of the services economy and trade in structural transformation and inclusive development
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… trade structural transformation inclusive development Note UNCTAD secretariat Executive summary services economy trade … including developing economies (figure 3).2 Figure 3 Annual change employment distribution selected sectors income … calculations, based UNCTAD, 2016a, World Investment Report 2016 (United Nations publication, Sales . .16.II..4, …
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Harnessing international production networks to foster inclusive growth and local productive capacities
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… foster inclusive growth local productive capacities Note UNCTAD secretariat Executive summary combination falling … production networks. , documented Trade Development Report, 2016: Structural Transformation Inclusive Sustained … economic development. 1 UNCTAD, 2016, Trade Development Report, 2016: Structural Transformation Inclusive Sustained …
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The impact of trade on employment and poverty reduction
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… agenda impact trade employment poverty reduction Note UNCTAD secretariat Executive summary Integration world … gains drive growth. 3 ILO (2012a). Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages Equitable Growth. Geneva. TD//./29 4 … countries. Developing countries registered 13.9 cent annual export growth, faster developed countries (9.8 cent), …
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Facts and figures
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be quoted or summarized in the print, … providing law and order (data for 2006). The corresponding annual figures were US$ 1,165 per capita in … pages, 360 KB] | Overview in Chinese [33 pages, 420 KB]| … UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2009/032 … Facts and figures … press_material …
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BACKGROUND PAPER ON DEVELOPMENTS AND MAIN ISSUES IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
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… Development ( sixth sessions) Plan Action adopted UNCTAD Bangkok, secretariat embarked range activities area … development”, published February 2000. Subsequently, annual publication, -commerce Development Report, launched, issue 2001. 2002 issue published November …
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WAYS IN WHICH POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON COMPETITION MIGHT APPLY TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THROUGH PREFERENTIAL OR DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT, WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THESE COUNTRIES TO INTRODUCE AND ENFORCE COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY CONS
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… ã Paulo Consensus WTO agreements. assist elaboration UNCTAD Model Cooperation Provisions explanatory commentary … developed countries’ development objectives, … () report ways international agreements competition apply … achieve overriding policy objectives. Members provide OECD annual notice extended exclusion category authorization. 12. …
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Evolution of the international trading system and its trends from a development perspective
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… trading system trends development perspective Note UNCTAD secretariat Executive summary International trade … leave 14 days); men women benefit , average, 23 days annual leave; men interact pesticides; weekly hours capped 46 … Economics, 6(3) Randriamaro, 2005, Gender trade: Overview report, Bridge Development – Gender, Institute Development …