Action by the Trade and Development Board
Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy at its fourth session
… Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, Recalling the resolution adopted by the Seventh … technology revolution and the emergence of electronic commerce (e-commerce), Underlining that consumer protection law and …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Working Party on the Strategic Framework and the Programme Budget, seventy-fourth session
… DELIVERY] Madame Chair, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, Good morning. It is my great pleasure to be … Maafikiano: 1) on Financing for Development and 2) on E-Commerce and the Digital Economy. You will also see that we …
Press Material
UNCTAD 14 programme
… Shaping prosperity for all and reigniting the engines of sustainable development will be … the multilateral trading system? Unleashing the power of e-commerce for development 19 July: Lowering hurdles for trade: …
News
How to cushion consumers from high maritime freight rates
… Containerized shipping underpins the transport and delivery of global manufactured goods, including inputs, … that supported household income and expenditure, growth in e-commerce and increased pharmaceutical and home-office …
News
Beyond Recovery, Towards 2030: Digital Technologies for Charting a Sustainable Development Roadmap
… crisis that particularly hits vulnerable people and countries severely and disproportionately. The pandemic … families rely. In Uganda, we have worked with the leading e-commerce platform to support 1,200 local vendors in Uganda so …
Meeting
UNCTAD MENA Programme 1st Annual Review Meeting
… economic integration, anti-corruption, good governance and gender equality by strengthening markets through improved … of the UK Consumer Protection System, Investigation Tools, E-commerce, Complaints Handling, Misleading Advertising, etc. …
News
Advancing the digitalization of trade with partnerships: National Trade Facilitation Committees as a platform for policy modernization
… logistics performance is dependent on the extent and modernity of its trade facilitation reform ( World Bank, … means. Yet, disparate and emergent rules – regulations (e.g. General Data Protection Regulation, European data … Trade in Asia and the Pacific) and provisions (e.g. e-commerce chapters in trade agreements) – highlight a need to …
News
Why are we behind on SDG finance and what can we do about it?
… to financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and addresses key obstacles: heightened geopolitical tensions … competitiveness of many non-EU countries, especially LDCs, e.g. Cambodia (- 12 percent), Madagascar (- 14 percent), … Discussions at the WTO about adopting rules for electronic commerce have also failed to find a consensus, despite …
Meeting
COVID-19 in the Caribbean and the Central America region: Identifying blue pathways to move forward in a COVID-19 context and beyond
… The Caribbean, and to a large extent Central American countries, have been … of social safety net programs for vulnerable groups (e.g., food and income support), reduction or deferral of some … of the production originally destined for export, and e-commerce programs, such as Farmfinder Global, are supporting …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Trade and Development Board, 71st executive session
… [Check against delivery] President of the Trade and Development Board, Ambassador Maimuna Tarishi Your … I will create formally a new branch in DTL focused on e-Commerce and Digital Economy. Second . I will create a new …