Meeting
4th BioTrade Congress
… services, can be a tool to mainstream the importance and value of biodiversity into different sectors and regions. … and businesses have in mainstreaming biodiversity into the global economy. It will provide case studies demonstrating … both in the policy arena and in implementing value chains and developing businesses. It will also feature a …
Press Material
E-commerce revolution must include small business, says UNCTAD Secretary-General
… of a meeting on small business and e-trade . With the global economy now in its sixth sluggish year of growth, many … customers and clients, and connect to global and regional value chains. But a huge gap is opening up between countries and …
Meeting
Ad Hoc Expert Meeting: The role of competition law and policy in fostering sustainable development and trade through the enhancement of domestic and international competitiveness of developing countries
… (part I of the meeting), and Trade liberalisation, global value chains, IP rights and competitive neutrality within trade …
Official Document
SPS Compliance and Costs of Agrifood Safety and Quality Standards in Selected Least Developed Countries in the Pacific Region
… panoply -tariff measures increasingly applied commodity chains “ farm fork”. include complex conformity procedures, … trade. competitive international trade, actors global commodity chains incur additional resource costs … data collated analysed national regional institutions, global sources. ‘draft study’ STDF grant application: project …
Official Document
Data for development
Related content: Commission on Science and Technology for Development, twenty-seventh session
Official Document
Chapter IV
… part problem solution climate change. TNCs contribute global efforts combating climate change improving production … economic social risks. “Carbon leakage” implications global emission reduction efforts economic development. , … ways: TNCs’ operational processes • related firms global chains upgraded (fig. IV.1) introducing -carbon processes …
Official Document
Issues Paper on Strategic Foresight for the Post-2015 Development Agenda [Draft]
Related content: Commission on Science and Technology for Development, 2014-2015 Inter-sessional Panel
… 30 IV.1.2 Meeting global challenges international cooperation STI … impacts. Section IV draws lessons definition future global development framework. Section presents … consumers -called ‘prosumers’ making traditional supply chains resemble networks (Grijalva & Tariq, 2011). …
Meeting
Multi-year Expert Meeting on Investment, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Productive Capacity-building and Sustainable Development, second session
… with other policy areas. In this context, the role of global value chains in making STI capacity an instrument for supporting …
Non-Official Document
Mobilizing investment for development, Dr. Patrick Scheurle, Chief Operating Officer, Blue Orchard
… Africa strongest growing investment regions Sources: GSIA, Global Sustainable Investment Review 2014 IMF, Microrate, …
Publication
Investment by TNCs and Gender: Preliminary Assessment and Way Forward
… opportunities generated with local suppliers or through global supply chains. The inclusion of women in the formal sector is … development for women. To promote gender-friendly TNC value chains, governments could support women entrepreneurs, …