Global trade trends turned positive in the first quarter- UNCTAD
Global trade trends turned positive in the first quarter of 2024, with the value of trade in goods…
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UNCTAD set to celebrate 60th anniversary
BY YANET FANTAYE WOGAYEHU – The 60th anniversary of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will center on the…
Unlocking Africa’s mineral wealth
As part of its 60th anniversary celebrations, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is set to hold a pre-event…
International trade set to recover in 2024
After facing declines over several quarters, international trade is poised for a rebound in 2024, according to the…
UNCTAD announces first ever global supply chain forum
In a world facing unprecedented challenges, the Global Supply Chain Forum (GSCF) 2024 is set to provide a…
Global foreign direct investment up 3 percent, UN report
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in 2023, at an estimated $1.37 trillion, showed a marginal increase (+3%)…
UNCTAD, partners to showcase emerging trade opportunities for developing countries
For the first time at the annual climate summit, international organizations are set to spotlight policy options for…
World Investment Forum calls for reshaping of world economy
The 8th World Investment Forum concluded in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates with a call to public…
Abu Dhabi set to host World Investment Forum
The upcoming UNCTAD World Investment Forum (WIF), to be held from 16 to 20 October 2023 in the…
UN warns of soaring $92 trillion global public debt
The United Nations Secretary-General today presented the report, “A world of debt. A growing burden to global prosperity”…
Investment in climate change mitigation declines, UN report
According to a new analysis released on Thursday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), cross-border…
Black Sea grain initiative shows power of trade, UN agency says
A UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report published on 20 October shows how the Black Sea…
Creative economy offers countries path to development
A new report by the UN agency for trade and development (UNCTAD) says the creative economy offers a…
African thought leaders discuss EU-Africa trade
Ahead of the EU-African Union Summit scheduled for 17-18 February 2022, African thought leaders stressed the importance of…
Geneva, Barbados set to host UN trade conference
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will open the fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and…
Global trade’s recovery from COVID-19 crisis hits record high
Trade in goods during the first quarter of 2021 was higher than the pre-pandemic level, but trade in…
UN meeting to focus on resilient recovery from the COVID-19
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is set to bring together experts to explore how…
Africa common market needs public private partnership to succeed
The success of African Continental Free Trade Area, which goes operational on Friday January 1, 2021, depends on…
UN stresses need to improve poor countries’ productive capacities
Efforts to rebuild the economies of the world’s poorest nations postpandemic will fall significantly short unless their productive…
Global e-commerce sales surges to $29 trillion
Global e-commerce sales grew 13% in 2017, hitting an estimated $29 trillion, according to the latest numbers released…
Ethiopia launches online investment guide
Ethiopia’s online investment guide, iGuide, which seeks to help investors discover opportunities in the country, was officially unveiled…
Mauritius tops Africa online shopping readiness ranking
Mauritius has been ranked the most prepared country in Africa for shopping online, according to UNCTAD’s Business-to-Consumer (B2C)…
UN report examines entrepreneurship
From Zambia to Afghanistan, governments in the world’s most disadvantaged countries must prioritize dynamic enterprises and enact policies…
Cooperation key in the face of globalization backlash
The international political climate may be turning against globalization and threatening economic growth, but there is still a…
Global foreign direct investment fell by 41% in 2018
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 41% in the first half of 2018, to an estimated $470…
Geneva to host new investment-for-development initiatives
More than 5,000 participants from 160 countries will meet in Geneva to thrash out major new investment-for-development initiatives…
UN announces exceptional businesswomen award winners
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) announces the finalists of the sixth Empretec Women in…
Alibaba, UN train African entrepreneurs
Alibaba Business School and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) brought 29 young entrepreneurs from…