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Deputy Secretary-General Petko Draganov

UNCTAD hosted the thirty-first session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (…

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More than 50 high-level representatives from governments, the private sector and civil society convened in Geneva on 16 October to address the…

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Investment is key to making fast-growing cities liveable, inclusive, and sustainable, city and business leaders heard at a roundtable organized by…

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Policymakers and representatives of major sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and pension funds discussed the possible contribution of state-owned…

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…