Information Document
Global trade in plastics: insights from the first life-cycle trade database
… Global trade in plastics: insights from the first life-cycle …
Meeting
Summer School 2019: The Crisis of Multilateralism - is a Global Green New Deal the Solution?
… are: UNCTAD and Multilateralism: From UNCTAD I to the Global Green New Deal: A discussion on the evolution of … focus on corporate rentierism, international trade, global value chains, and digital economies. Geneva principles for a Global …
Meeting
Information Session: Latin America’s Entry in the Global Offshore Service Industry
… UNCTAD - Foreign direct investment and trade in global value chains with special attention to services: preliminary …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
UNCTAD15 Global Services Forum: Opening ceremony
… I am pleased to give you a warm welcome to the 5th Global Services Forum 2021 and this High-Level session on … resource-efficient, and more able to benefit from global value chains specially if we can link small and medium size …
Official Document
Report on the Conference of Global Food Security: The Role of Science and Technology
Related content: Commission on Science and Technology for Development, twelfth session
… Twelfth session Geneva, 25–29 2009 Report Conference Global Food Security: Role Science Technology Sutera Harbour … United Nations UNCTAD. GE.09- Introduction . Overview global food crisis 1. developments led dramatic increases world food prices, creating global crisis causing political economical instability social …
Non-Official Document
Forecasting global FDI: a panel data approach by Nina Vujanovic, Bruno Casella and Richard Bolwijn
… Forecasting global FDI: a panel data approach by Nina Vujanovic, Bruno …
Web page
Least developed countries remain marginalized in global exports
… of Action (IPoA) target, the increase in LDCs’ share of global exports is computed on a linear basis. In 2011, … businesses connect to global markets, including to global value chains. Broader efforts are also required to enhance the …
Press Material
Global Actors Gather to Forge a Common Front Against Illicit Trade
… The global economy loses more than US$2 trillion annually due to … forms of illicit trade that hold back progress on the global development agenda. To address this alarming problem, … For instance, illegal logging, with an estimated annual value of up to $157 billion, is the world’s most profitable …
News
Global foreign direct investment priorities post-pandemic hinge on resilience and sustainability
… International production, an engine of global economic growth and development, has been seriously … World Investment Report 2021 , published on 21 June. Global investment was hit much harder than other … the coming years owing to their sheer size. The cumulative value of recovery funds intended for long-term investment …
News
Global e-commerce partnership gains two new members
… to leverage partnerships across the digital economy’s global landscape in supporting developing countries, … United Kingdom’s interests in standards development across global standards organizations. It helps improve the quality … and the provenance and tracking of products in a global value chain. COVID-19 has led to a surge in e-commerce …