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Dominican Republic summarizes science, technology and innovation policies

19 Jun 2013

The country’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology has reviewed challenges that the nation faces, at the meeting that saw the presentation of UNCTAD’s Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Review of the Dominican Republic.​
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UNCTAD and WTO to host UN Expert Group meeting on the Compilers Guide for statistics of international trade in services, 25-28 June 2013 in Geneva

18 Jun 2013
The objective of the meeting is to complete the Compilers Guide of the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 (MSITS 2010). The meeting will be attended by about 40 experts of international agencies, national statistical offices and central banks of developed and developing countries.
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Latin American bank to lead export-import network

18 Jun 2013
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (Bladex) has been elected to lead the Global Network of Exim Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID) for the next four years.
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Head of economic research at International Trade Union Confederation-Africa to join debate on macroeconomic and financial governance on the road to 2015, at UNCTAD Public Symposium

18 Jun 2013
"A global governance which is only focusing on fiscal and macroeconomic stability is a catastrophe for States and people. It must rather allow bearing the challenge of the creation of productive and decent jobs, which is the guarantee of sustainable development for the benefit of the people."   Boèvi Kouglo Lawson Body
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Ninth UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures released

17 Jun 2013

The report finds that G20 members have continued to honour their pledge not to introduce new restrictive policies for international investment. However, it cautions policymakers that foreign direct investment (FDI) may not only be limited through formal policy changes, but also through individual administrative decisions and informal public signals that are beyond the scope of the report.​
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Hibist Kassa, of Development Alternatives with Women in a New Era, Ghana, to share her experiences at UNCTAD Public Symposium

17 Jun 2013
"In this period of multiple and interlinked crises, a drive for an alternative framework must unpack in the clearest possible terms what a transformation agenda is," Hibist Kassa has said.
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Egyptian economics professor and former Minister of Solidarity and Social Justice in post-revolutionary Government to speak at UNCTAD Public Symposium

17 Jun 2013
"The real challenge for macroeconomic and financial management is to put financial flows in the service of the real economy - for inclusive job-creating growth. This calls for a new global financial architecture to counterbalance the role of the Bretton Woods institutions," Gouda Abdel-Khalek has said.
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Gyekye Tanoh, Head of Political Economy Unit at Third World Network-Africa, to join discussion at UNCTAD Public Symposium (24-25 June)

17 Jun 2013
"African citizens and CSOs welcome the 4th UNCTAD Public Forum for the opportunity it may afford to genuinely influence and shape the emerging International Development agenda, for which the post-2015 process is a pivotal milestone." Gyekye Tanoh
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Two partnerships to facilitate business development

14 Jun 2013
UNCTAD Deputy-Secretary General Petko Draganov has signed two new cooperation agreements to boost the organization’s efforts in the field of business facilitation.
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UNCTAD deputy chief addresses Tunisia Investment Forum

14 Jun 2013
The organization's Deputy Secretary General told an audience of 2,000, many of them potential investors, of the importance of investment for sustainable economic growth in the wake of the Tunisian Revoluntion.
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