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Trade and development

TAD/1947

BRAZIL TO HOST UNCTAD XI IN JUNE 2004

13/06/2003
Press Release
TAD/1947


BRAZIL TO HOST UNCTAD XI IN JUNE 2004

(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 13 June (UNCTAD) -- The eleventh United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XI) will be held at the Anhembi Conference Centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 13 to 18 June 2004.

TAD/1946

BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR GLOBAL INVESTMENT?

14/05/2003
Press Release
TAD/1946


BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR GLOBAL INVESTMENT?


Investment Agencies Think Worst May Be Over, Says New UNCTAD Survey


(Reissued as received.)

TAD/1944

UNCTAD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT COURSE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

10/03/2003
Press Release
TAD/1944


UNCTAD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT COURSE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 10 March (UNCTAD) -– An online course on dispute settlement in international trade, investment and intellectual property is now available, free of charge, on the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Web site (http://www.unctad.org/dispsett).

TAD/1942

UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS 2002 RELEASED

18/12/2002
Press Release
TAD/1942


UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS 2002 RELEASED


It might sound like a truism to say that countries with small populations and similar income levels tend to trade more than large ones.  The fact is, however, that smaller countries with smaller domestic markets need to specialize in goods and services they can produce efficiently if they are to realize greater total outputs –- hence, they tend to be more involved in international trade.