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Unlocking transparency: The promise of the UN Transparency Protocol for global trade
… A transparent supply chain provides the product provenance and sustainability … It provides a level playing field by recognising the value of genuinely sustainable products and giving … practices should be phased out. There must be commercial value alongside societal value to effectively incentivize …
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A Special ASEAN Investment Report 2023
… scaling up operations, participating in regional value chains and strengthening supply chain networks. The purpose of this report is to analyse FDI … Goals (SDGs) and investment in electric vehicle (EV) value chains. The report also looks at intra-ASEAN investment …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
OECD Ministerial Council Meeting on 'The Path to Recovery'
… growth of trade had slowed down, and the growth in global value chains had stopped. The culmination of these trends will be shorter, less fragmented value chains and a higher geographical concentration of value added, primarily affecting higher-technology value-chain intensive industries. We expect increased reliance on …
Official Document
Independent evaluation of the Development Account Project 1819K: Evidence-based and Policy Coherent Oceans Economy and Trade Strategies
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Better Trade for Sustainable Development: The role of voluntary sustainability standards
… programs and private standards. VSS aim to make global value chains, from producer to consumer, more sustainable by … We first introduce the key concepts of trade, global value chains, sustainable development, their interrelatedness … of trade which is characterized by the dominance of global value chains. The emergence of global value chains allows …
Official Document
K-content goes global: How government support and copyright policy fuelled the republic of Korea's creative economy
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A Voluntary Sustainability Standards Guidebook for Vanilla in Papua New Guinea
… adaptation by farmers and others in the vanilla value chain. Further, the report provides an overview of Papua New Guinea’s vanilla sector and its value chain, highlighting how VSS pose both challenges and …
Official Document
Global Trade Update (March 2024)
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UNCTAD study shows trade’s untapped potential in climate action
… energy, enhancing energy efficiency and promoting green value chains. While direct trade policies like tariffs and … equipment like solar panels and wind turbines. Green value chain development: Aiming to reduce greenhouse gas …