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Committees are cornerstone of pan-African trade dream, forum hears

Committees are cornerstone of pan-African trade dream, forum hears

National trade facilitation committees can make the dream of seamless African trade a reality, experts tell Addis Ababa forum on easing the flow of goods on the continent.

Smooth African trade to tackle rising challenges: UNCTAD head

Smooth African trade to tackle rising challenges: UNCTAD head

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

Moroccan consumers were front and centre of an information sharing exercise to communicate critical outcomes of an novel voluntary peer review.

Let's Fix the Basics!

Let's Fix the Basics!

Written by
Evid Araka Sibi, Managing Director, Value Chain Factory, Kenya

Africa seeks cheaper, faster and easier trade at forum

Africa seeks cheaper, faster and easier trade at forum

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

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

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.

Global south cooperates to curb illicit financial flows

Global south cooperates to curb illicit financial flows

Illicit financial flows are by definition a cross-border phenomenon requiring international cooperation, particularly between developing countries of the global south, experts said at a meeting in Nairobi.

Twentieth UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures released

The joint UNCTAD-OECD Report indicates that the 5-month reporting period (from mid-May 2018 to mid-October 2018) shows a low number of investment policy measures. This finding stands in contrast to the tense trade policy environment.

Germany backs UNCTAD work to deliver goals of Africa trade deal

Germany backs UNCTAD work to deliver goals of Africa trade deal

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.