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The 2017 Commodities and Development Report investigates the transmission channels through which commodity dependence affects micro- and macro-level development outcomes, examines long-term commodity...

Smallholder farmers constitute the largest contingent of the poor and yet they produce more than 80 per cent of the world's food, in value terms. Though there are marked differences by country and...

The Commodities and Development Report 2012, released during the 13th session of UNCTAD, shows that developing countries suffer from high prices for commodities and food, in particular Least Developed...

This report highlights pathways to economic diversification in commodity-dependent developing countries in an environment where decarbonization of the global economy has become the overarching...

Commodity dependence is a trap: once a country is commodity dependent, it is difficult to develop a productive sector out of commodities and export non-commodity products. This publication argues that...

This report explores key aspects of the two-way relationship between commodities and climate change, discusses the concept of natural resource conversion and explores its application to renewable and...

This training manual on the preparation of trade documents in the context of export operations, aimed at developing country exporters, discusses procedures relating to commercial invoice, packaging...

This publication presents a set of guidelines for the assessment and improvement of the impact of technical assistance on training capacity. It focuses on the development of a training capacity audit...

Valuable as a textbook, this publication would be most useful to trainers involved in the training of business personnel in the field of trade promotion. It discusses the role of export trainer in...

This book discusses export marketing and the role of trade promotion infrastructure in training of exporters and service staff. It also addresses the issue of development of a national training...

This publication discusses the rationale for national training capacity, changes in demand for international business training, supply; experiences gained with strengthening training institutions...

This guide on proposed microcomputer systems and applications for training institutions in developing countries discusses the development of microcomputer systems. It recommends hardware and software...

This book is a training manual on international business management, which includes specific case studies as well as readings on skills and techniques of case discussion and the learning process. The...

Readings in International Business Negotiations presents a collection of articles addressing specific issues and techniques related to the negotiation of commercial contracts.

This book presents a set of guidelines for analysis of priority training needs and assessment of human resource development capacity in the area of export development and trade promotion. It describes...