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Progress in the implementation of the Pan African Cotton Road Map

25 Mar 2015

UNCTAD participated in a series of meetings held in Cotonou, Benin from 9 to 11 March 2015, to mark the 10th anniversary of the European Union-Africa Partnership on Cotton and discuss implementation of the Pan African Cotton Road Map.

Information Economy Report 2015: Unlocking the Potential of E-commerce for Developing Countries

24 Mar 2015

The 2015 edition of Information Economy Report examines electronic commerce, and shows in detail how information and communications technologies can be harnessed to support economic growth and sustainable development.

UNCTAD E-Commerce Week

17 Mar 2015

"Enhancing e-commerce laws and regulations for inclusive growth and development", will be the focus of UNCTAD E-Commerce week (23-27 March).

Stock Exchanges Around the World Ring the Bell for Gender Equality

11 Mar 2015

Partner stock exchanges from the UNCTAD co-organized Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative ring their opening or closing bells in support of gender equality and to highlight the pivotal role of the private sector in empowering women in the workplace, marketplace and community.

Nairobi Securities Exchange Joins United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

10 Mar 2015

Nairobi Securities Exchange officially joins United Nation's Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. CEO Geoffrey Otieno Odundo declared, "Nairobi Securities Exchange firmly believes that a sustainable capital market is critical to the attainment of sustainable long-term economic growth in Kenya and the East African Community."

Asia-Pacific Regional High-level Policy Dialogue on the Istanbul Programme of Action attended by UNCTAD

9 Mar 2015

UNCTAD Director served as resource High-level Policy Dialogue on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2011-2020, held in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 4-6 March 2015.

Civil society experts make recommendations for a sovereign debt restructuring framework

6 Mar 2015

United Nations member States and experts from civil society, academia and the legal profession made recommendations on a framework for sovereign debt restructuring to the General Assembly in New York.

UNCTAD to host annual meeting of Task Force on Finance Statistics

6 Mar 2015

The Task Force on Finance Statistics sets methodological standards for statistics on external debt and on public sector debt. It is composed of nine international organizations of which UNCTAD is a member.

New products on trade and gender presented at special event to celebrate International Women's Day

6 Mar 2015

To celebrate International Women's Day, UNCTAD presented two products on trade and gender which emphasize the importance of trade and development policies as powerful instruments to tackle gender inequalities.

Secretary-General of UNCTAD participated in the validation workshop of Djibouti's Diagnostic Trade Integration Study update

4 Mar 2015

The validation workshop of the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) update took place in Djibouti on 16 February 2015 - ten years after the realization of its first DTIS.

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Progress in the implementation of the Pan African Cotton Road Map

Information Economy Report 2015: Unlocking the Potential of E-commerce for Developing Countries

UNCTAD E-Commerce Week

Stock Exchanges Around the World Ring the Bell for Gender Equality

Nairobi Securities Exchange Joins United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

Asia-Pacific Regional High-level Policy Dialogue on the Istanbul Programme of Action attended by UNCTAD

Civil society experts make recommendations for a sovereign debt restructuring framework

UNCTAD to host annual meeting of Task Force on Finance Statistics

New products on trade and gender presented at special event to celebrate International Women's Day

Secretary-General of UNCTAD participated in the validation workshop of Djibouti's Diagnostic Trade Integration Study update