News
Seaweed holds huge potential to bring economic, climate and gender benefits
… management and environmental pollutants. Market and trade value soaring UN Trade and Development data shows that the … underexplored, representing only 14% of the total market value. Chile, China, Indonesia, Ireland and the Republic of … their effective participation in the seaweed value chain. But they are increasingly playing leading roles in the …
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Decades-old South-South trade deal offers new hope for sustainable future
… offer its members a large, aggregate market to build LCT value chains, thanks to supportive tariff and non-tariff … of the agriculture, aquaculture and silviculture value chains. … Decades-old South-South trade deal offers new …
Project
Developing a cost-effectiveness toolkit for non-tariff measures
… effective: all critical elements for boosting regional value chains (RVCs). At the same time, NTMs are necessary for … Piloted in the Kenyan cotton, textiles and apparel (CTA) value chain, the project involved a review of NTMs applied to …
Official Document
Industrial policy and strategic plan for Mauritius (2020-2025)
Related content: Industrial policy and strategic plan for Mauritius (2020-2025)
… development, testing prototyping. 58 4.2.3. Summary chain upgrading recommendations 59 4.3. Optimising local … Division) & UNCTAD CHAPTER 2 2.2. MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDITION Measured US Dollars (US$), Gross Added (GVA) … 4.2. SECURING UPGRADING WITHIN ESTABLISHED MAURITIAN VALUE CHAINS 4.2.1. upgrading challenge facing established …
News
UNCTAD Chief says investment outlook subdued, urges investment for sustainable development
… gains that can be reaped from participation in global value chains (GVCs), the hopscotch process by which raw … He said developing nations may reap advances from such value chains, notably in the form of job creation and … production networks. Developing countries' share in global value-added trade has grown to 40 per cent today from 20 per …
News
UNCTAD forum eyes an end to commodity dependence
… dependence, however, is not easy. Countries must add value to what they produce, to move up the ladder of global value chains. And this requires infrastructure, energy and …
Official Document
Transnational Corporations Volume 29, 2022, Number 1
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Meeting
Webinar: Assessing cost-effectiveness of NTMs – A toolkit
… effective: all critical elements for boosting regional value chains (RVCs). At the same time, NTMs are necessary for … piloted in the Kenyan cotton, textiles and apparel (CTA) value chain, the project involved a review of NTMs applied to …
Non-Official Document
Contribution by European Union, National Policies and Strategies on Rapid Technological Change
… Mature emerging digital technologies disrupt entire supply chain interactions exchange information . Examples ongoing … key technological trends concern construction chain. include () digital data access, networks connectivity, … food systems radically modify shape demand improving -chain linkages creating effective production systems. , …