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Transport connectivity key to enhancing productive capacities in landlocked developing countries
… of total km of rail lines per capita UNCTAD based on World Development Indicators and web-based archives Source: UNCTAD … PCI transport component scores across country groups by development status Source: UNCTAD Productive Capacities … capacities in transport. The PCI can help regional development actors to identify specific productive capacity …
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Link trade to sustainable development efforts, UNCTAD chief urges
… of the international trading system and its trends from a development perspective. He reviewed UNCTAD's history in … a key role to play as a potential enabler for sustainable development goals," Dr. Kituyi said. "This would imply adding … are to make use of trade as a means for sustainable development," he said. Dr. Kituyi said that a series of …
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Access to Financial Services as a Driver for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
… to poverty reduction and to inclusive and sustainable development, is an enabler of the post-2015 development agenda. Still, many remained without a bank … of which is also recognized within the sustainable development goals (SDGs). … OSG … Access to Financial …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Macroeconomic Policies in Support of a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda
… High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, ECOSOC [AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY] … Colleagues, As the contours of the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda become clearer every day, it is evident that beyond drawing up new development goals, we are also embarking on a quest for a …
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Expert Meeting on Development Implications of International Investment Rule Making
… only slightly transparent, and rapidly evolving. The development challenges arising from this dynamic and … preserving regulatory flexibility, and ensuring that the development dimension is adequately addressed in these … be requested to elaborate on how best to respond to these development challenges in the further evolution of the …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Trade and Development Board, 60th Session - Closing Plenary
… at the close of the sixtieth session of the Trade and Development Board. We have had stimulating discussions over … process, and it is a real opportunity to support development. In the context of the positive atmosphere that … 2008. In this context, the call of this year's Trade and Development Report for fresh thinking, at the national and …
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Experts offer fresh ideas to ensure trade is catalyst for development
… of the International Trading System and its Trends from a Development Perspective. It benefited from fresh ideas from … Mark Halle of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), a civil society organization. There was … broad agreement among the panellists that the post-2015 development agenda should align trade and development goals …
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'Discipline' trade to support achievement of post-2015 development agenda
… Arancha González were addressing UNCTAD's Trade and Development Board on the topic of how the vast power of … international efforts to achieve sustainable and inclusive development - in what is being called the post-2015 development agenda." Dr. Kituyi's participation in extensive …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Global Network on Eximbanks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID)
… and sharing of know-how among the Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions of the South. We at UNCTAD believe the need for cooperation among trade and development financing institutions has never been more … Last November's Annual Forum of the Association of African Development Finance Institutions held in Mombasa, Kenya, …