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Egypt: new e-commerce strategy aims to double online businesses

Egypt: new e-commerce strategy aims to double online businesses

27 Dec 2017
Since 2015, Egypt’s government has worked with UNCTAD to boost e-commerce in the Arab-speaking world's most populous market, where most business is still done offline.

"Culture clash" divides trade officials and Internet experts

21 Dec 2017

Although trade negotiators and Internet experts increasingly work on similar e-commerce issues, such as data flows, they do so in silos. A bridge between them needs to be built.
Diversify or fail: African countries with big mining sectors welcome new UNCTAD / FAO report

Diversify or fail: African countries with big mining sectors welcome new UNCTAD / FAO report

21 Dec 2017
Commodities and Development Report 2017 presented at mining meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Regional integration creates opportunities for SMEs and women

Regional integration creates opportunities for SMEs and women

20 Dec 2017
Written by Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Des institutions multilatérales... pour quoi faire et pour quels résultats ?

Des institutions multilatérales... pour quoi faire et pour quels résultats ?

20 Dec 2017
Écrit par
Isabelle Durant, Secrétaire générale adjointe de la CNUCED
Trade is the missing element in climate change response, MC11 hears

Trade is the missing element in climate change response, MC11 hears

20 Dec 2017
Developing countries are the most vulnerable and the least prepared for the changing climate – but economic opportunities exist alongside the threats
Market access for services exports from least developed countries needs to get real, MC11 hears

Market access for services exports from least developed countries needs to get real, MC11 hears

20 Dec 2017
The World Trade Organization’s services waiver exists on paper, but LDCs have yet to exploit in practice.
Experts look beyond WTO setback as time runs out to roll back harmful fishing subsidies

Experts look beyond WTO setback as time runs out to roll back harmful fishing subsidies

19 Dec 2017
After MC11, UNCTAD Secretary-General says negotiations to tackle overfishing could move to new United Nations platforms.
UNODC-UNCTAD Expert Consultation on the SDG Indicator on Illicit financial flows - Vienna, December 12 - 14, 2017

UNODC-UNCTAD Expert Consultation on the SDG Indicator on Illicit financial flows - Vienna, December 12 - 14, 2017

18 Dec 2017

​The international workshop, jointly organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was held at the Vienna International Centre.
Copper-dependent Zambia eyes growing market for cotton by-products

Copper-dependent Zambia eyes growing market for cotton by-products

15 Dec 2017
Cotton farmers and government officials agree to promote the production of by-products like sanitary pads and biomass fuels, to create jobs and diversify the copper-dependent economy.
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