UNCTAD Update: Beyond the fibre
UNCTAD Update: Zambian cotton entrepreneur goes beyond the fibre
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UNCTAD Update (23-31 May)
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World Social Report 21: Reconsidering Rural Development
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World Social Report 2021: Reconsidering Rural Development
An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either the socioeconomic or the environmental Goals of this Agenda. Four out of every five people who face extreme poverty around the world live in rural areas. Many rural areas are witnessing severe depletion and degradation of natural resources, contributing to climate change and the recurrence of zoonotic diseases, such as COVID-19. Ìý
UNCTAD Update: Global trade’s recovery hits record high
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UNCTAD Update: Global trade’s recovery from COVID-19 crisis hits record high
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UNCTAD Update (15 to 22ÌýMay)
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UNCTAD Update: Building post-pandemic resilience
UNCTAD Update:ÌýBuilding post-pandemic resilience through science, technology and innovation
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UNCTAD Update (4Ìýto 14 May)
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This week UNCTAD drew the curtain on the programme for the 24thÌýCommission on Science and Technology for Development. The week-long event (17-21 May) will bring together UN leaders, scientists and experts to explore how science, technology and innovation can contribute to a sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery. .
UNCTAD Update: Supporting small businesses is critical
UNCTAD Update: Supporting small businesses is critical for COVID-19 recovery
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UNCTAD Update (19 April - 3ÌýMay)
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This week UNCTAD focused on the impact of small businesses in driving resilience. We found that supporting small businesses is critical for COVID-19 recovery and policymakers need to adapt policies and institutions to enable small businesses to make a greater contribution to the post-pandemic economic revival. Read .Ìý
Comprehensive Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on LDCs
The Committee for Development Policy has released its
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UNCTAD Update: Harnessing the promise of blockchain
This week, UNCTAD told the story of how the power of blockchain is bigger than bitcoin, off the back of a discussion paper we produced for the inter-sessional for the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD). We show how blockchain has the power to revolutionize development work, from strengthening vaccine supply chains to improving access to crop insurance for small-holder farmers. Read more in , or .
UNCTAD's Productive Capacities Index (PCI)
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UNCTAD Update: Global FDI fell by 42% in 2020
UNCTAD has launched three reports since we last wrote to you. Below follows the latest news since December 2020.
UNCTAD Update: Israeli occupation cost to Gaza
Prolonged closure and military operations have left Gaza’s regional economy on the verge of collapse. An UNCTAD report to the UN General Assembly, presented this week, so that its people can freely trade with the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory and the world. it.
UNCTAD: UNCTAD Update: economic fallout will outlive the crisis
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UNCTAD: Free e-learning course: Entrepreneurship for Migrants and Refugees (30 Nov. - 10 Jan.)
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UNCTAD update: Countries focus on protecting consumer
UNCTAD recently launched aÌýnew ÌýwithÌýthe Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) seeks to change theÌýfortunes of queen conch traders in the Eastern Caribbean.
UNCTAD also looks ahead to theÌýÌýwhich will focus on how to protect consumers during and in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Finally UNCTAD alsoÌýlaunched our newÌýwebsite.
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