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Slowing global economy reveals debt distress as biggest threat to international stability

Slowing global economy reveals debt distress as biggest threat to international stability

26 Sep 2019
UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2019 looks at the trends and challenges in the global economy, including: trade tensions, currency movements, corporate debt, a no-deal Brexit, inverted yield curves and negative interest rates.
UNCTAD unveils 7 top advocates for women in tech, e-commerce

UNCTAD unveils 7 top advocates for women in tech, e-commerce

25 Sep 2019

New initiative seeks to empower leading female digital entrepreneurs to make their voices heard at the policy table, while inspiring those who aim to break tech's glass ceiling.
Bold action required to finance a global green new deal and meet the SDGs

Bold action required to finance a global green new deal and meet the SDGs

25 Sep 2019
UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2019 recasts the Depression era's signature policy on a global scale - a Global Green New Deal - as the right policy framework to make a clean break with years of austerity and insecurity. It would help bring about a more equal distribution of income and reverse decades of environmental degradation.
Managing capital could provide a US$680bn annual windfall for financing 2030 agenda

Managing capital could provide a US$680bn annual windfall for financing 2030 agenda

25 Sep 2019
UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2019 makes proposals on how to regulate private capital and channel it into long-term productive investment with social and developmental public priorities. It estimates that implementing these proposals would improve resource availability in developing countries by roughly $510 billion to $680 billion a year.
Forget securitization, backing public banks is best for sustainable development

Forget securitization, backing public banks is best for sustainable development

25 Sep 2019
UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2019 maintains that it is public banking that does the heavy lifting and hence public banking should be better supported for the future.
Harnessing trade facilitation for regional integration

Harnessing trade facilitation for regional integration

24 Sep 2019
Written by: Celine Bacrot and Giovanni Valensisi
Article No. 39 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°83 - Third Quarter 2019]
How a young female digital entrepreneur innovates e-commerce logistics

How a young female digital entrepreneur innovates e-commerce logistics

24 Sep 2019

Dana von der Heide from Germany, based in Singapore, e-Commere Logistics Tech entrepreneur.
Call for photos on entrepreneurship by migrants, refugees

Call for photos on entrepreneurship by migrants, refugees

23 Sep 2019

Photographers world-wide are invited to make submissions for an exhibition to take place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva during Global Entrepreneurship Week, from 18-24 November 2019.
UNCTAD, Saudi Arabia extend cooperation to support Palestinian people

UNCTAD, Saudi Arabia extend cooperation to support Palestinian people

20 Sep 2019

UNCTAD and Saudi Arabia have extended their partnership to continue assistance to the Palestinian people.
World needs fairer and more sustainable trade, not less trade

World needs fairer and more sustainable trade, not less trade

20 Sep 2019

UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Isabelle Durant urges policymakers to focus not only on trade growth but also on how the benefits are shared.
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