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Keep an eye on China's innovations in development finance

Keep an eye on China's innovations in development finance

26 Feb 2018

The firepower of Chinese institutions and their eagerness to invest in infrastructure is shaking up the rules of development finance, according to an UNCTAD expert.
Tea and potatoes show potential of intra-Africa agricultural trade

Tea and potatoes show potential of intra-Africa agricultural trade

20 Feb 2018
An UNCTAD analysis of African food trade identified tea and potatoes as good examples of how agricultural "value chains" can be built on the continent.
Collective action is key to defending trade, Geneva Dialogue hears

Collective action is key to defending trade, Geneva Dialogue hears

19 Feb 2018
Challenges to the multilateral trading system can be met by collective institutions like UNCTAD defending trade's power to pull more people out of poverty.
Women and Girls in Science for Peace and Development

Women and Girls in Science for Peace and Development

11 Feb 2018

Address by Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General of UNCTAD, on the occaision of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February 2018.
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Brazil joins UNCTAD's COMPAL Programme

7 Feb 2018

The permanent mission of Brazil presented the letter of Mr. Alexandre Barreto de Souza, President of CADE, Brazil's Competition Authority on 16 January, requesting his accession to UNCTAD's COMPAL Program.
Promises to world’s poorest need to be kept to stop massive inequalities, new trends show

Promises to world’s poorest need to be kept to stop massive inequalities, new trends show

5 Feb 2018

UNCTAD analysis shows that development indicators for the 47 least developed countries are trending downward, raising the alarm for the international community
United States tax act could lead to repatriation of $2 trillion of overseas investment

United States tax act could lead to repatriation of $2 trillion of overseas investment

5 Feb 2018
The United States tax reform bill will have significant implications for global FDI patterns, affecting multinational enterprises and foreign affiliates accounting for almost 50% of global foreign direct investment stock.
$89 billion lost in underuse of European Union free trade agreements, report shows

$89 billion lost in underuse of European Union free trade agreements, report shows

29 Jan 2018

Importers and exporters make use of the free trade agreements that the EU has signed with other countries - but not as much as they could.
UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General meets first Kenyan graduates of entrepreneurship training course

UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General meets first Kenyan graduates of entrepreneurship training course

26 Jan 2018
Women business-owners who are among the first to complete UNCTAD’s Empretec programme in Kenya have been congratulated by UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Isabelle Durant.
In Africa’s Great Lakes region, UNCTAD helps build peace through cross-border trade

In Africa’s Great Lakes region, UNCTAD helps build peace through cross-border trade

25 Jan 2018
UNCTAD Deputy Secretary General Isabelle Durant joins UN partners to pledge political and logistical support to formerly warring central African countries.
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