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Short-terms effects of the coronavirus outbreak: what does the shipping data say?
… on real-time observations of vessel positions (AIS) and information about the cargoes aboard those ships, already … or bought months in advance. As expected, the flow of this commodity currently seems unaffected. However, signs of … products and roiling the supply-demand balances in global markets. The outbreak and spread of the coronavirus, across …
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UNCTAD to participate widely in fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
… activities at LDC-IV will range from special events on commodity dependence, LDC productive capacities and women´s … of UNCTAD in a panel discussion on the use of information and communications technology to boost LDC … order: 8 May, from 4 to 6 p.m.: Special event, Commodity dependence and the impact of the multiple global …
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The Geneva Vision on the Future of the Digital Economy
… ” discussions digital policies World Summit Information Society (WSIS) eWeek kind discussions WSIS years … digital trade. ensure effective integration advanced information risk mitigation systems shipping port operations. … eWeek 2023 | 11 BETTER GOVERNANCE FOR FAIRER DIGITAL MARKETS: UNLOCKING THE INNOVATION POTENTIAL AND LEVELING THE …
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Why and how to measure international transport costs
… distance and geographical location, size of economies and markets, scale effects, market structures, connectivity to … details relating to the specific mode of transport, the commodity, and the country pair. Addressing practical needs … practical need for more granular, global and up-to-date information. Member States of the IMO are currently …
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COCOA TALKS RESUME IN GENEVA AS WORLD PRICES SOAR
… 2% this cocoa year and is rising in the non-traditional markets of Eastern Europe and the Far East, especially in the … to meet the challenges and facilitating the exchange of information on production, consumption and stocks of cocoa … been involved in the negotiation of numerous international commodity agreements. The next commodity arrangement to come …
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Official Notification
… 123 127 () (kk), encourages UNCTAD continue work commodity dependence challenges faced developing countries … crop order exploit economic social potential. report information production worldwide trade industrial hemp … constraints imposed regulatory frameworks destination markets identify market potential. Regional cooperation …
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UNCTADstat online database unveiled on world statistics day
… assistance, external debt, and international reserves; Commodity prices, updated monthly; Population and labour … the topics of current concern for which it offers useful information are speculation in commodities markets; the global financial crisis with the severe decline …
Official Document
Report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy on its seventh session [ADVANCE COPY] RESTRICTED
Related content: Trade and Development Board, seventy-first session
… State inputs, primarily ministries responsible trade information communications technology, national consultation … . ECLAC support area included Ministerial Conference Information Society, Digital Development Observatory, Latin … regional counterparts. response request delegates information, panellist detailed implementation ECOWAS …
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New UNCTAD Nowcast Shows International Trade and Global Economy Cooling Down
… reversed at the beginning of 2019, as UNCTAD's free market commodity price index shows. Maritime transport lost momentum … affairs, with high-quality, impartial and easily readable information on latest trends and patterns," Mr. MacFeely …
Non-Official Document
Round table on competition policy and poverty reduction - Competition Commission of South Africa (CCSA)
… poor…Competition vital pro-poor, pro-poorer policy. Access markets free artificial restraints empowers outsiders enhance … cycle.”4 9. implies inefficient highly concentrated markets coupled weak competition law policy enforcement … sectors include agriculture, food & agro- processing, Information Communication Technology digital markets, energy, …