Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD15 confirmed: virtual Barbados, 3-7 October 2021
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD fifteenth Ministerial Meeting is confirmed from 3 to 7 October 2021, in virtual Barbados.
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Beyond the fibre
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Zambian cotton entrepreneur goes beyond the fibre
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update (23-31 May)
Our latestÌýnews, thought leadership and events
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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
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Global trade’s recovery hits record high
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Global trade’s recovery from COVID-19 crisis hits record high
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update (15 to 22ÌýMay)
Our latestÌýnews, thought leadership and events
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Building post-pandemic resilience
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update:ÌýBuilding post-pandemic resilience through science, technology and innovation
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update (4Ìýto 14 May)
Our latestÌýnews, thought leadership and events
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This week Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD 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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ leaders, scientists and experts to explore how science, technology and innovation can contribute to a sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery. .
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Supporting small businesses is critical
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Supporting small businesses is critical for COVID-19 recovery
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update (19 April - 3ÌýMay)
Our latestÌýnews, thought leadership and events
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This week Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD 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
Free Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Virtual Tour for Delegates!!
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Harnessing the promise of blockchain
This week, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD 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 .
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD's Productive Capacities Index (PCI)
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD is pleased to announce that our is now available!
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Global FDI fell by 42% in 2020
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD has launched three reports since we last wrote to you. Below follows the latest news since December 2020.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: Israeli occupation cost to Gaza
Prolonged closure and military operations have left Gaza’s regional economy on the verge of collapse. An Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD report to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly, presented this week, so that its people can freely trade with the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory and the world. it.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD Update: economic fallout will outlive the crisis
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD: Free e-learning course: Entrepreneurship for Migrants and Refugees (30 Nov. - 10 Jan.)
30 November 2020 to 10 January 2021
Duration: 6 weeks
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD update: Countries focus on protecting consumer
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD 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.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD also looks ahead to theÌýÌýwhich will focus on how to protect consumers during and in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Finally Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD alsoÌýlaunched our newÌýwebsite.
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