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… political means. Steve MacFeely Head Statistics Information UNCTAD References Cantu-Bazaldua (2021). Remote … countries; Improving developing countries' access global markets exports (WTO, 2020b). Debt service Payments satisfy … market concentration country origin. tells large share commodity exports accounted small number countries , …
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Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
OECD Ministerial Meeting
… growth rate of trade since WWII. Add to that the slump in commodity prices, rising debt levels, growing balance of … slow-down in emerging economies, volatile capital markets, just to name a few. All of this undermines fragile … Regardless of an economy development level -- whether commodity-dependent or manufacturing-based -- services play a …