Press Material
UNCTAD CONVENES A GLOBAL INVESTMENT FORUM
… Key actors in the investment arena, including high-level policy-makers from around the world, will be meeting to discuss "Foreign direct investment … These trends, outlined in UNCTAD´s World Investment Report 1996, released on 25 September, have significant …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
Trade and Development Board, 75th executive session - Item 2: Interdependence and development strategies in a globalized world
… for this year, and no clear driving force to propel the world economy onto a robust recovery track. For 2024, we can … to achieve financial sustainability, boost productive investment and create better jobs. Regulation needs to … trading and financial system. The Trade and Development Report makes several proposals. Let me highlight four points. …
Press Material
GLOBAL INVESTMENT PROSPECTS ASSESSMENT (GIPA) 2005–2008 PUBLISHED; PREDICTS TRENDS IN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
… Global Investment Prospects Assessment (GIPA) 2005-2008, published … findings were issued in UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2005/031), the report features separate sections on the prospects for each of the world´s developing regions. These sections focus on such …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
23rd China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT)
… to address you at the 23 rd China International Fair for Investment and Trade, held here in the dynamic city of Xiamen, home to one of the biggest ports in the world. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the People's … are declining. According to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report, Global FDI fell 12 per cent last year, as interest …
Meeting
E-learning course on climate-smart trade and investment for sustainable development
… While countries around the world have undertaken climate action to various degrees in … from all areas of society, including that of trade and investment which is both directly and indirectly linked with … UNCTAD, ESCAP and UNEP "Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2021: Accelerating Climate-smart Trade and Investment …
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General
2nd Annual International Conference of the World Free Zones Organization
… to be with you for the 2nd annual conference of the World Free Zones Organization. It was only a few months ago … It was in Nairobi in December that UNCTAD launched its report on “Enhancing the Contribution of EPZs to the SDGs.” … of trade within Global Value Chains, services and investment. Some 60 % of world trade today consists of …
Publication
Investment Promotion and its Impact on Gender equality: Moving the needle on SDG 5
… Investment promotion is a government tool that can impact … Goal (SDG) 5, by influencing the type of foreign direct investment (FDI) that is targeted and enhancing its benefits. … including both IPAs and SEZs, from across the world. A majority of surveyed institutions reported that they …
Official Document
Investing in Sustainable Development Goals: Part 2 - Reforming International Investment Governance
… Sustainable Development Goals Reforming International Investment Governance2 Special edition tHe tH ird … UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION NOTES information 2015 World Investment Report: Reforming International Investment Governance. terms …
Publication
Promoting Investment and Trade: Practices and Issues
… This report focuses on a very topical issue: institutional arrangements for investment and trade promotion . The main rationale for creating institutions that promote investment as well as trade is that both functions have …
Official Document
Facilitating Investment in the Sustainable Development Goals
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