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Written by Christiaan De Beukelaer, Article No. 65 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°88 - Fourth Quarter 2020]
The government sees honey as a product that could help diversify the country’s oil-dependent economy and is working with UNCTAD and the European Union to improve production and boost exports.
Generous grant from the Netherlands will boost Africa-wide ambitions to benefit from e-commerce and provides concrete support to its least developed countries.
By Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
A new online single window system for business registration in Iraq is supporting an entrepreneurial environment during COVID-19.
The biggest drops occurred in developed countries, cutting across all major forms of foreign direct investment.
UNCTAD estimates show a 5% drop in world trade in the third quarter of 2020 compared to 2019, an improvement from the 19% decline in the second quarter but insufficient to pull trade out of the red.
By Paul Akiwumi, Director of Division for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD
