Publication
Blue BioTrade in Saint Lucia: Developing value for the sustainable trade and production of queen conch in the Eastern Caribbean
… to the marine environment, focusing on the queen conch value chain in the countries of Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint … Vincent and the Grenadines. This case study presents the value chain analysis of queen conch production in Saint …
News
International transport and supply chains key to COVID-19 recovery: UN agencies
… in facilitating and dematerializing trade and transport value chains. They also reiterate support to countries to …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
7th Global Commodities Forum: Breaking the chains of commodity dependence (Closing Session)
… My second message is on policies to promote greater value addition. Improved local content is a way to improve the value and revenue countries can get from their exports of … hand, developing countries now see a more disaggregated chain, with more activities for which they can compete. On …
News
Export under invoicing in Africa concentrated in high-value, low-weight commodities, study shows
… different extractive commodity groups and trade along the value chains by identifying differences in how two trading … These differences are largely driven by commodity-specific value chains, trade recording and trading practices rather … processing and trading of commodities along their value chain to account for some of the asymmetries arising in …
Official Document
CHAPTER 3: Technology-intensive supply chains and industries - Resetting African markets and businesses for mobility and scale
Related content: Launch of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2023
Publication
Blue BioTrade in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Developing value for the sustainable trade and production of queen conch in the Eastern Caribbean
… $3,329,937 (EC$8,990,832). This case study presents a value chain analysis of queen conch production in Saint Vincent and … It builds on a 2021 stakeholder map of the queen conch value chain of Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the …
Project
Measurement of services value-added in exports and analysis of related services and trade policies
… full importance of trade in services. There is substantial value-added of services, which is not captured in this data, … economies, services represented a much higher share of the value-added in total exports: 32 per cent. In addition, while directly exported value-added has increased, close to two-thirds of the growth …
Project
Unlocking the Hidden Value of Cotton: WTO-UNCTAD-ITC initiative on cotton by-products
… streams for farmers and processors Increased domestic value-added Access to new markets Improved trade balance, … exports or import substitution Reduced waste in the cotton value chain By unlocking these benefits, cotton by-products can …
Non-Official Document
Critical Actions to Strengthen the Resilience of the Maritime Supply Chain (World Bank)
… to Strengthen the Resilience of the Maritime Supply Chain (World Bank) … non_official_document …
News
Unlocking the hidden value of cotton by-products in African least developed countries
… supporting policies and know-how to unlock their value. These cotton by-products represent an opportunity for … streams for farmers and processors increased domestic value addition access to new markets improved trade balances … import substitution reduced waste along the cotton value chain A new project implemented jointly by the WTO, UNCTAD …