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Report proposes smart government strategies to make value chains work for development
… The increasing dominance of global value chains (GVCs) in world trade gives developing countries the opportunity to … – that is, to harvest greater profits, wages, and retained investment – as goods make ever-more-complex international … materials to finished products, UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2013 1 says. The report, which is subtitled Global …
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Investment flows to transition economies continued to slide in 2018
… Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to the transition economies of … by 28% to US$34 billion in 2018, according to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2019 . “FDI inflows in the transition economies are …
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Foreign direct investment to Latin America rebounded by 56% in 2021
… Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean has … by 56% to $134 billion in 2021, according to UNCTAD’ World Investment Report 2022 published on 9 June. FDI flows to the region had …
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Investment Policy Review of Lebanon
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… IN TM LIC IE LE Visit website IPRs http://unctad.org/ipr Investment Policy Review Lebanon latest series investment … rounding. iv Lebanon - Acknowledgements ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS report prepared Investment Policy Reviews Section supervision … States Agency International Development VAT added tax WEF World Economic Forum WhT withholding tax WTO World Trade …
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Adapting the use of Asycuda World to the Covid-19 Situation:
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… ADAPTING THE USE OF ASYCUDA WORLD TO CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION: … reductions trade volumes, declines foreign direct investment, consumer goods demand, reduction commodity … virus introduce measures suppress transmission. ASYCUDA World (AW) system -equipped assist Customs cross-border …
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Fostering investment in the development of new antibacterial treatments
… Organised by UNCTAD and the World Health Organization (WHO), the event sought to identify the means for global collaboration to upsurge investment to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It … private sector, governments and civil society. Download: Report of the event on fostering investment in the …
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Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development [2015 Edition]
… The 2015 Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development , … debates on investment issues, e.g. during UNCTAD's World Investment Forums, IIA Conferences and other … investment governance, discussed in the World Investment Report 2015 . Developments in international investment …
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Management response to the independent evaluation of subprogramme 2 – Investment and enterprise RESTRICTED
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… response independent evaluation subprogramme 2 – Investment enterprise* * document formally edited. … commends evaluation team highly valuable evaluation report. , Secretariat acknowledges professional approach, … policy frameworks, databases, tools," role played World Investment Forum fostering dialogues sharing practices …
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THE ROLE OF COMPETITION POLICY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN GLOBALIZING WORLD MARKETS
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… ROLE OF COMPETITION POLICY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN GLOBALIZING WORLD MARKETS Papers presented pre-UNCTAD Seminar Geneva, … AND DEVELOPMENT ............... 15 Foreign direct investment, mega-mergers strategic al- liances: global … developing countries, UNCTAD publish annually world report competition law policy; () creation competition …
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Trade and Development Report 2017
… of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world economy remains unbalanced in ways that are not only … sluggish growth, or worse. The Trade and Development Report 2017 argues that now is the ideal time to crowd in private investment with the help of a concerted fiscal push – a …