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Genetics and AI experts to speak at science, tech and innovation meeting

Genetics and AI experts to speak at science, tech and innovation meeting

4 Mar 2019
The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development, and the role of citizen science, form focus of May session.
Life below water matters

Life below water matters

28 Feb 2019
For the first time, World Wildlife Day focuses on the grave threats facing our oceans and life under the surface, on which billions of families around the world depend
Ecuador's fair-trade tea party

Ecuador's fair-trade tea party

26 Feb 2019

Two tea-makers from Ecuador are proving that the right entrepreneurial network and support system can brew social businesses that are ready to export.
Analysis shows positive but patchy progress in WTO pact

Analysis shows positive but patchy progress in WTO pact

22 Feb 2019
With 22 February 2019 marking the second anniversary of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement - and a crucial date in its implementation timetable - new analysis shows what's at stake.
Fair trade tea venture brings flavours of Ecuador to the world

Fair trade tea venture brings flavours of Ecuador to the world

19 Feb 2019
For Ecuadorian entrepreneur Guillermo Jarrin of Tippytea Blends, modern marketing blends with paying growers fairly and protecting native biodiversity.
What if our future were designed equally by women?

What if our future were designed equally by women?

11 Feb 2019

Writen by Shamika N. Sirimanne, Director of the Division on Technology and Logistics (UNCTAD)
Two organizations join the UNCTAD NGO family

Two organizations join the UNCTAD NGO family

6 Feb 2019
Gram Bharati Samaiti and International Trademark Association are the latest civil society organizations to receive observer status with the UN trade and development body.
Who is profiting from US-Chinese trade tensions?

Who is profiting from US-Chinese trade tensions?

4 Feb 2019
A new UNCTAD study shows which countries are expected to gain - at least in certain sectors - from the United States and Chinese tariff hikes.
Trade wars: The pain and the gain

Trade wars: The pain and the gain

4 Feb 2019

Amid tit for tat tariff hikes between the United States and China,, trade is being diverted and a handful of countries will capture a slice of the giants' exports, UNCTAD estimates.
Mission to unlock Africa's services sector

Mission to unlock Africa's services sector

1 Feb 2019

African countries must level up on their ability to measure services trade and use services to grow their economies and value chains.
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