News
Digital investment starts at home
… on 15 May. “When a country gives better conditions for investment to foreigners than locals, the locals register … worldwide. Related links: The Least Developed Countries Report 2018 : Entrepreneurship for structural transformation: … provides many opportunities for growth in the developing world, but we need to seize those opportunities now.” Since …
News
Investment flows to Africa dropped to $45 billion in 2022
… UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2023 published on 5 July shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Africa declined to $45 billion in …
Press Material
COUNTRIES SEEK GREATER DEVELOPMENT GAINS FROM FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be quoted or summarized in the print, … New Delhi, 02:00 17 October Tokyo) Downloads [PDF]: | World Investment Report 2007 (Only in English) [11´100 KB, 323 …
Press Material
SWEDEN BOOSTS INVESTMENTS ABROAD
… the country´s strong position in banking and finance. Investment from the US - the country´s third largest investment partner - was mainly in manufacturing. … schedules. The profiles, which are part of UNCTAD´s World Investment Directory, provide quick electronic access …
News
Report on UNCTAD's assistance to the Palestinian people
… The latest report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and … costs and barriers to trade with the rest of the world have resulted in a chronic trade deficit and a … technologies and inputs have hollowed out Gaza’s economy. Investment in 2022 diminished to 10.7% of Gaza’s GDP - or a …
Meeting
Webinar on opening green windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world – Perspectives from Asia and the Pacific
… The world is facing pressing social and economic challenges of … and ESCAP presented UNCTAD's Technology and Innovation Report 2023 and ESCAP’s Report on enabling the green … and Logistics, UNCTAD Ms. Rupa Chanda, Director of Trade, Investment and Innovation, ESCAP Presentations Technology and …
Publication
Global Investment Trends Monitor, No. 43
… Highlights: Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in the second quarter of 2022 were … due to the food, fuel and finance crises around the world, the Ukraine war, rising inflation and interest rates, … energy efficiency projects. (See UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2022 for details on the relative propensities for …
Official Document
Investing in a Low-Carbon Economy: A survey of investment promotion agencies
… ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Investing -Carbon Economy survey investment promotion agencies* Occasional note Abstract … Agencies (IPAs), note shows climate change agenda agencies world important coming years. IPAs seek attract foreign … researchers . * survey conducted World Investment Report 2010. Joachim Karl coordinator project. information …
Press Material
Freight rates begin to fall for world merchant fleet
… effect of declining freight rates for the developing world is mixed. Lower freight costs lead to lower prices for … almost 2 percentage points higher than the growth of the world´s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year. Dynamic … million TEUs in 2007, the Review reports. However, port investment, running at a peak levels until recently, will now …
Official Document
2013 Report of the United Nations Secretary-General: Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels
Related content: Commission on Science and Technology for Development, seventeenth session
… development Progress implementation follow- outcomes World Summit Information Society regional international levels Report Secretary-General Executive summary report prepared … ICTs positive impact economic growth, technological investment, production business/consumer behaviour countries, …