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Smooth African trade to tackle rising challenges: UNCTAD head

Smooth African trade to tackle rising challenges: UNCTAD head

27 Nov 2018
Competitive transport, logistics and foreign investment are essential to ease intra-African commerce and reap rewards of new deal, meeting hears.
Morocco updates public on consumer law progress

Morocco updates public on consumer law progress

26 Nov 2018
Moroccan consumers were front and centre of an information sharing exercise to communicate critical outcomes of an novel voluntary peer review.
Africa seeks cheaper, faster and easier trade at forum

Africa seeks cheaper, faster and easier trade at forum

26 Nov 2018
A landmark forum, co-organized by UNCTAD, focuses efforts by African countries seeking ways to ease interregional and international trade.
Geneva trade trio promise better trade data for small businesses

Geneva trade trio promise better trade data for small businesses

23 Nov 2018
Heads of UNCTAD, the International Trade Centre and the World Trade Organization commit to further develop an online portal giving smaller businesses the data they need to trade better.
Special publication marks 50 years of UNCTAD work on shipping

Special publication marks 50 years of UNCTAD work on shipping

23 Nov 2018
It’s been 50 years since UNCTAD turned its analytical gaze to maritime transport and its role in trade and development: a new work considers what the past can say about the future.
Germany backs UNCTAD work to deliver goals of Africa trade deal

Germany backs UNCTAD work to deliver goals of Africa trade deal

22 Nov 2018

A 1.6-million-euro German donation to UNCTAD will help the UN's trade and development body work with African partners to implement a landmark continental agreement on cross-border commerce.
Bolivian river port offers landlocked nation alternative route to sea

Bolivian river port offers landlocked nation alternative route to sea

21 Nov 2018

Port Jennefer - on the Paraguay-Paraná waterway - is helping Bolivian businesses cut trade costs with access to the Atlantic, says its UNCTAD-trained manager.
Cairo home to new competition-focused training centre

Cairo home to new competition-focused training centre

21 Nov 2018
Competition agencies from seven Middle East and North African countries will benefit from world-class courses offered at innovative training hub in Egypt.
World's poorest countries must nurture dynamic businesses

World's poorest countries must nurture dynamic businesses

20 Nov 2018
UNCTAD's Least Developed Countries Report 2018 examines how the world's most disadvantaged countries can foster entrepreneurship to create jobs and help end poverty.
Q&A: Shipping and the environment

Q&A: Shipping and the environment

20 Nov 2018

With international shipping carrying more than 80% of world trade by volume, the international community must ensure that maritime transport responds to the challenges of climate change.
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