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Social Infrastructure for Health

Social Infrastructure for Health

Guidance for Social and Consumer Protection

( Print: July 2023, PDF: July 2023 )

This report follows the first report produced under the Development Account project on: “Strengthening consumer protection in the provision of health services (including e-health) in the wake of the...

This report follows the first report produced under the Development Account project on: “Strengthening consumer protection in the provision of health services (including e-health) in the wake of the...


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Trade Regulations for Climate Action? New Insights from the Global Non-tariff Measures Database

Trade Regulations for Climate Action? New Insights from the Global Non-tariff Measures Database

( PDF: December 2023 )

Over 190 United Nations Member States pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the increase in global temperatures “well below” 2°C under the Paris Agreement reached in 2015. This report...

Over 190 United Nations Member States pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the increase in global temperatures “well below” 2°C under the Paris Agreement reached in 2015. This report...


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Impact and Implications of COVID-19 for the Ocean Economy and Trade Strategy

Case Studies From Barbados, Belize and Costa Rica

( PDF: March 2022 )

This study looks at the impact of COVID-19 on key economy sectors and their governance, with a specific focus on three countries: Barbados, Belize, and Costa Rica. It analyses the impacts of COVID-19...

This study looks at the impact of COVID-19 on key economy sectors and their governance, with a specific focus on three countries: Barbados, Belize, and Costa Rica. It analyses the impacts of COVID-19...


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Impacto y repercusiones de la COVID-19 en la estrategia de economía y comercio de los oceános

Estudios de caso de Barbados, Belice y Costa Rica

( PDF: July 2022 )

Este estudio analiza el impacto de COVID-19 en sectores económicos clave y su gobernanza, con un enfoque específico en tres países: Barbados, Belice y Costa Rica. Analiza los impactos del COVID-19...

Este estudio analiza el impacto de COVID-19 en sectores económicos clave y su gobernanza, con un enfoque específico en tres países: Barbados, Belice y Costa Rica. Analiza los impactos del COVID-19...


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Commodities at a Glance: Special Issue on Bamboo

Series: Commodities at a Glance
( PDF: May 2022 )

The report on Bamboo provides information on the historical uses of bamboo and an analysis of the physical and mechanical properties of bamboo. It also highlights the opportunities and challenges for...

The report on Bamboo provides information on the historical uses of bamboo and an analysis of the physical and mechanical properties of bamboo. It also highlights the opportunities and challenges for...


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Voluntary Peer Review of Consumer Protection Law and Policy - Thailand

( Print: August 2022, PDF: August 2022 )

General Assembly resolution 70/186 mandates the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy to conduct voluntary peer reviews on consumer protection law and policy. The...

General Assembly resolution 70/186 mandates the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy to conduct voluntary peer reviews on consumer protection law and policy. The...


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Voluntary Peer Review on Consumer Protection Law and Policy - Chile

( Print: December 2021, PDF: January 2022 )

General Assembly resolution 70/186 mandates the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy to conduct voluntary peer reviews on consumer protection law and policy. The...

General Assembly resolution 70/186 mandates the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy to conduct voluntary peer reviews on consumer protection law and policy. The...


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Examen voluntario entre homólogos del derecho y la política de protección del consumidor de Chile

( PDF: August 2021 )

La resolución 70/186 de la Asamblea General ordena al Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos en Derecho y Políticas de Protección del Consumidor que lleve a cabo exámenes voluntarios entre homólogos...

La resolución 70/186 de la Asamblea General ordena al Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos en Derecho y Políticas de Protección del Consumidor que lleve a cabo exámenes voluntarios entre homólogos...


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Climate Change, Green Recovery and Trade

( PDF: July 2021 )

The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted the economic and political background against which climate and trade policy have been discussed for decades, particularly with respect to questions of...

The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted the economic and political background against which climate and trade policy have been discussed for decades, particularly with respect to questions of...


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Improving Access to Medical Products Through Trade

What Can Regional Trade Agreements Do in Times of Crisis?

( PDF: April 2021 )

The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the criticality of maintaining trade flows of essential medical products and protective equipment. However, the pandemic has also exposed some loopholes in the...

The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the criticality of maintaining trade flows of essential medical products and protective equipment. However, the pandemic has also exposed some loopholes in the...


5th BioTrade Congress

Linking Trade and Biodiversity

( PDF: June 2021 )

This report is on the 5th BioTrade Congress, held on 12-13 September 2019 as part of the UN Trade Forum on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It highlighted the...

This report is on the 5th BioTrade Congress, held on 12-13 September 2019 as part of the UN Trade Forum on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It highlighted the...


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Carbon Pricing: A Development and Trade Reality Check

Carbon Pricing: A Development and Trade Reality Check

( Print: April 2023, PDF: April 2023 )

This document focuses on carbon pricing as one policy strand used to tackle global GHG emissions. It gives an overview of implemented and forthcoming domestic and cross-border carbon pricing...

This document focuses on carbon pricing as one policy strand used to tackle global GHG emissions. It gives an overview of implemented and forthcoming domestic and cross-border carbon pricing...


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Making Trade Work for Climate Change Mitigation

Making Trade Work for Climate Change Mitigation

The Case of Technical Regulations

( PDF: July 2023 )

International trade and climate change law are two distinct realms that inevitably and increasingly interact with each other. Climate change law instruments - in particular, the UNFCCC and the Paris...

International trade and climate change law are two distinct realms that inevitably and increasingly interact with each other. Climate change law instruments - in particular, the UNFCCC and the Paris...


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Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Provision of Health Services in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Provision of Health Services in the Wake of the COVID-19...

( PDF: July 2023 )

This report contributes to improving consumer protection in the provision of health services by exploring the scope for both operational and conceptual exchange. It covers representation and redress...

This report contributes to improving consumer protection in the provision of health services by exploring the scope for both operational and conceptual exchange. It covers representation and redress...


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Implications of COVID-19 for Biodiversity-based Products and Services, Including Biotrade

( Print: July 2022, PDF: August 2022 )

This report examines the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for stakeholders involved directly or indirectly in the production and trade of biodiversity-based products and services, including those...

This report examines the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for stakeholders involved directly or indirectly in the production and trade of biodiversity-based products and services, including those...