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UNCTAD chief says investment outlook subdued; urges investment for sustainable development
… Mukhisa Kituyi warned Sunday that the road to global investment recovery remains bumpy, with investors … gains that can be reaped from participation in global value chains (GVCs), the hopscotch process by which raw materials …
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Technical note on critical minerals
… African countries, for example, have about 25 per cent of global reserves, including 19 per cent of those needed for … developing countries in increasing domestic value addition in rechargeable battery value chains. … UNCTAD/DITC/MISC/2023/14 … Technical note on …
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Digital Economy Report Pacific Edition 2022
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Amgad Shehata
… in Washington, DC, Amgad Shehata has responsibilities for Global Public Affairs and Strategy. In recent years, as global supply and value chain issues have risen in strategic importance, Amgad … regulatory solutions that enhance global supply and value chains, including business-to-business and …
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Advancing Sustainable Development Goal 14
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… Sustainable Development Goal 14: Sustainable fish, seafood chains, trade climate Geneva, 2019 UNCTAD/DITC/TED/2019/3 © … eISBN: 978-92-1-004696-1 iiiSUSTAINABLE FISH, SEAFOOD VALUE CHAINS, TRADE AND CLIMATE Contents Acknowledgements … 30 4.5.1. United Nations Ocean Conferences: High level global events refocus efforts share experiences SDG 14 …
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Pierre du Plessis
… of indigenous plant products, integrate such value chains into the national Community-Based Natural Resource … Change, as well as at COP 15 where the Kumming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted in December 2023. … …
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UNCTAD forum eyes an end to commodity dependence
… on a narrow economic sector. With this in mind, the 2016 Global Commodities Forum will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 15 to 16 July, with a theme of "Breaking the chains of commodity dependence". "Today, 65% of developing … dependence, however, is not easy. Countries must add value to what they produce, to move up the ladder of global …
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Alternative Development Strategies for SIDS: Building Competitiveness in New Industries
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Digitalization and industrialization: friends or foes?
… The greater weight of developing countries in the global economy makes global demand patterns increasingly heterogenous and increases the value of data on developing countries’ demand patterns. … for design and production. Using the framework of value chains and drawing on insights from recent trade theory on …