Financing the SDGs
Mr. James X. Zhan
Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development · International Organizations and Civil Society
Sessions
Investment Promotion Agencies (IPA) Workshop
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING (ISAR) WORKSHOP
Opening of the Investment Village
Grand Opening
Speaking
2018 UNITED NATIONS INVESTMENT PROMOTION AWARDS
LEADERS LUNCHEON: MEETING OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (by invitation only)
Moderating
Investment and the Digital Economy
Speaking
Investment Promotion Conference 2018
Speaking
Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Global Dialogue
Speaking
Investment Policies and Practices for Global Value Chain Upgrading
Blockchains for Sustainable Development
Speaking
Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds Dialogue
High-level International Investment Agreements (IIA) Conference 2018
Speaking
Responsible Agricultural Investment
Speaking
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MIGRATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
Promoting the social and economic inclusion of migrants and refugees in host countries
Moderating
SUSTAINABILITY, COMMODITIES AND DERIVATIVES
Speaking
Global Enterprise Registration (GER) Award
Speaking
SUSTAINABILITY BONDS
Roundtable on Regional Integration and Investment Policy
FAMILY BUSINESSES AS A FORCE FOR LONG-TERM GOOD
Speaking
Smart Beta
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
Biography
James X. Zhan is director of investment and enterprise at UNCTAD. He leads the team of the World Investment Report and is editor-in-chief of the Transnational Corporations journal. He chairs the Governing Board of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (with all major stock exchanges worldwide as members). He has provided policy advice to numerous governments (including Head of States and cabinets) and parliaments, and global summits (including G20 and BRICS). He led the formulation of global guidelines for a new generation of investment policies, which are used in over 100 countries. He also led the establishment of the World Investment Forum. He is chief strategist for the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies and was Global Agenda Council member of the World Economic Forum. He has held several advisory positions in academic institutions (including at Cambridge University, Columbia University and Cornell University and Oxford University). He has extensive publications on investment, trade and technology related economic and legal issues.
Areas of expertise
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