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High-level Meeting on Investment in Landlocked Developing Countries, 16 October, Geneva

There are structural hurdles to unlocking growth in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), a high-level meeting on investment in LLDCs heard on…

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UNCTAD announced the launch of a global initiative to bolster the contribution business schools and management education can make to development…

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UNCTAD and Global Entrepreneurship Week have launched a system that lists online business registration systems by country, in an effort to provide…

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More than 250 executives attended the annual Investment Promotion Conference, held during UNCTAD's World Investment Forum, to debate their role in…

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Governments in the world’s poorest countries face difficult choices – how to fund essential services and at the same time ensure quality,…

Ms. Jalil Khalifeh receiving award from UNCTAD SG Mukhisa Kituyi

The founder of SheFighter, a company that trains women in Jordan in self-defence techniques, Lina Jalil Khalifeh, has won the first place in…

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Improving access to medicines can be enhanced by local production of pharmaceuticals in developing countries. But to do so, both the public and…

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The UNCTAD Empretec Women in Business Awards are given every two years and celebrate exceptional women entrepreneurs who have benefited from the…

World Leaders Investment Summit, 14 October

A lack of investment and an absence of coordinated leadership to address critical financing needs in developing countries could threaten efforts…

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Four awards for outstanding performance in attracting foreign direct investment projects that support sustainable development, given during the…