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UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Draft Resolution for consideration by the General Assembly
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… implementation 4 resolution, review information, report General Assembly subject occasion UN Conference Review … Framework existing Trade Development Board Commission UNCTAD; 8. Decides resources United Nations Conference Trade … () collaborate closely OECD Consumer Committee holding annual interagency meeting exchange information work …
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Switzerland climbs to top of global e-commerce index
… far the most prepared region for e-commerce, according to UNCTAD's Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2020 , … Sirimanne, director of UNCTAD’s division that prepares the annual index. “Even among G20 countries, the extent to which … was only 6% of the global total in 2019. The UNCTAD report notes that five countries account for 92% of online …
Official Document
The contribution of consumer protection to sustainable consumption
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… experiences matter response questionnaire circulated UNCTAD secretariat. Chapter II connects consumer protection … defining principles, Global Sustainable Development Report 2015. 12 /RES/70/186. 13 /RES/70/1. 14 Stockholm … Japan: Dietary environmental education schools; () Spain: Annual Consumópolis competition schools; () United States: …
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CONTINUED WORK ON THE ELABORATION OF A MODEL LAW OR LAWS ON RESTRICTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES
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… commentaries elements articles model law laws Prepared UNCTAD secretariat GE.98-50201 () TD//RBP/81/Rev.5 page 2 … entity. control measured basis market shares, total annual turnover, size assets, number employees, .; focus … restrictive business practices legislation issue annual report. () Issuing forms maintaining register, registers, …
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THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN EAST ASIA
… also reflects sluggish global demand - a phenomenon that UNCTAD has been constantly warning about in recent years in … Accordingly, such instability is a recurring theme of our annual Trade and Development Report (TDR). In 1990 we argued that the hands-off approach …
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Open access, virtual science libraries, geospatial analysis and other complementary information and communications technology and science, technology, engineering and mathematics assets to address development issues, with particular attention to education
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… assets address development issues, attention education Report Secretary-General Executive Summary report overview open access, virtual science libraries, … change education; learn, teach manage education systems (UNCTAD, 2011; Anderson, 2010: 4). 8. ICTs offer range …
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GOVERNMENT- PRIVATE SECTOR INTERACTION, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE PARTICIPATION OF SMEs
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… sector interaction, focus participation SMEs Issues paper UNCTAD secretariat GE.97-50887 () TD//COM.3/EM.2/2 page 2 … discussion focus issues: TD//COM.3/EM.2/2 page 20 1/ Report Commission session (TD//44/2-TD//COM.3/4), annex , … 19/ , Gambia nominal costs business loans amount 25 cent. annual inflation rate 2 cent, real interest rate business …
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International cooperation in merger cases as a tool for effective enforcement of competition law
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… cases tool effective enforcement competition law Note UNCTAD secretariat Executive summary report reviews evolution international cooperation … programmes, intergovernmental machinery terms annual Group Experts -year Conference review United Nations …
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Building digital competencies to benefit from existing and emerging technologies, with a special focus on gender and youth dimensions
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… technologies, special focus gender youth dimensions Report Secretary General Executive summary report identifies … contributions intersessional panel cited report http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspxmeetingid=1562 … online courses education delivery fifteenth nineteenth annual sessions. www.unctad.org/cstd (accessed 27 February …
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ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND SERVICES IN TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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… AND SERVICES IN TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Note UNCTAD secretariat Executive summary Trade liberalization … Products (EPPs) Trade Opportunity Developing Countries”, Report UNCTAD secretariat, UNCTAD/COM/70, Geneva, December … expected occur developing countries countries transition – annual rate 8 12 cent.13 14. Basic services represent …