UNCTAD GOVERNING BODY HEARS PLEAS FOR IMPROVING

PREFERENTIAL TRADE SCHEMES FOR LDCS

TRADE ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE ECONOMIC WOES, SAYS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL

Trade and Development Board to Debate Interdependence, Market Access, Africa

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UNCTAD REPORT SHOWS GLOBAL SLOWDOWN HAVING

VERY UNEVEN IMPACT ON DEVELOPING WORLD

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DEVELOPMENT RECORD OF MARKET-DRIVEN GLOBALIZATION POINTS TO URGENT NEED

FOR POLICY RETHINK, UNCTAD STUDY CONCLUDES

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‘THE THRILL IS GONE’:  DEVELOPED-COUNTRY GROWTH PROSPECTS RESTRAINED

BY 1990s LEGACIES, SAYS UNCTAD REPORT

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NEW INTERNATIONAL COCOA AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE

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CAMBODIA, NEPAL ARE FIRST LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

TO JOIN WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

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DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOMINATE WORLD FDI STOCK

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2002 A RECORD YEAR FOR LIBERALIZING FDI LAWS AND REGULATIONS

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GENEVA, 21 August (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) -- In an effort to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), countries are increasingly improving their investment climates, judging by the record number of changes introduced into national laws and bilateral instruments signed last year.

WORLD MARKET FOR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS EMERGING

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