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Established in 1964, UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. UNCTAD has progressively evolved into an authoritative knowledge-based institution whose work aims to help shape current policy debates and thinking on development, with a particular focus on ensuring that domestic policies and international action are mutually supportive in bringing about sustainable development.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
WORLD INVESTMENT RPT 2005

World Investment Report 2005

Transnational Corporations and the Internationalization of R&D (Includes CD-ROM)

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report (WIR)
7 Oct 2005
The World Investment report focuses on trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide and at the regional and country levels, as well as emerging measures to improve FDI´s contribution to development. This year’s Report presents recent trends in FDI flows and explores the emerging internatio...
TRADE & DEV RPT 2005

Trade and Development Report 2005

New Features of Global Interdependence

Series:
United Nations Trade and Development Report
21 Oct 2005
The world economy is still expanding, but there are serious risks of a setback. Several populous Asian countries, in particular China and India, have emerged as new engines of economic growth. Thanks to their vigorous expansion and their appetite for natural resources, many of their developing-co...
PUBLICACION INF SOBRE REPERCUSION

Publicación de Información sobre la Repercusión de las Empresas en la Sociedad, La

Tendencias y Cuestiones Actuales

12 Aug 2005
El presente documento ha sido preparado por la secretaría de la UNCTAD para facilitar el futuro examen por el Grupo de Trabajo Intergubernamental de la cuestión no resuelta de la responsabilidad social de las empresas y sus consecuencias en lo referente a la contabilidad y la presentación de info...
INFORME SOBRE COMERCIO DESARR 2004

Informe sobre el Comercio y el Desarrollo 2004

Coherencia de las Políticas Económicas, Estrategias de Desarrollo e Integración en la Economía Mundial

Series:
Informe sobre el comercio y el desarrollo
12 Aug 2005
El Informe sobre el Comercio y el Desarrollo de este año tiene por finalidad contribuir al debate sobre la coherencia de las políticas económicas. En él se examina la forma en que las relaciones comerciales internacionales se ven afectadas por los sistemas monetario y financiero internacionales y...
SOCIAL ASPECTS & FINANCING

Social Aspects and Financing of Industrial Restructuring

17 Jun 2005
The present publication is intended to help the major stakeholders in Industrial restructuring to make more informed decisions in this important area. The first Chapter contains a background paper prepared for the UNECE Regional Forum on “Social Aspects and Financing of Industrial Restructuring”....
TRADE & DEV RPT 2004 (R)

Trade and Development Report 2004 (Russian language)

Policy Coherence, Development Strategies and Integration into the World Economy

Series:
United Nations Trade and Development Report
20 May 2005
Greater openness to international trade and finance has not enabled developing countries to establish a virtuous interaction between external financing, domestic investment and export growth. The TDR 2004 argues that, to achieve this, a feasible development agenda has to be based on the concept o...
TRADE & DEV RPT 2004 (C)

Trade and Development Report 2004 (Chinese language)

Policy Coherence, Development Strategies and Integration into the World Economy

Series:
United Nations Trade and Development Report (Chinese)
22 Apr 2005
Greater openness to international trade and finance has not enabled developing countries to establish a virtuous interaction between external financing, domestic investment and export growth. The TDR 2004 argues that, to achieve this, a feasible development agenda has to be based on the concept o...
REIO EXCEPTION IN MFN TREATMENT

REIO Exception in MFN Treatment Clauses, The

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Series on International Investment Policies for Development
22 Apr 2005
This paper, examines the issue of regional economic integration organization (REIO) exceptions in international investment agreements (IIAs) and its possible effects, in particular with regard to developing countries. Such provisions exclude the applicability of the principle of most-favoured-nat...
INTL INVEST INSTRUM COMPEND V13

International Investment Instruments

A Compendium, Vol.XIII

6 May 2005
This Compendium brings together the most important instruments dealing with foreign direct investment (FDI) and transnational corporations. The need for such a collection has increased in recent years as bilateral, regional, interregional and multilateral instruments dealing with various aspects ...
INTL INVEST INSTRUM COMPEND V14

International Investment Instruments

A Compendium, Vol.XIV

6 May 2005
This Compendium brings together the most important instruments dealing with foreign direct investment (FDI) and transnational corporations. The need for such a collection has increased in recent years as bilateral, regional, interregional and multilateral instruments dealing with various aspects ...
INTL INVEST AGRMT KEY ISSUES

International Investment Agreements

Key Issues (Three Volume Set)

7 Oct 2005
With the ascendancy of foreign direct investment (FDI) as one of the main factors driving international economic relations in the era of globalization, international investment rule-making has come to the forefront of economic diplomacy. It is this proliferation of international agreements addres...
STATE CONTRACTS

State Contracts

Series:
UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
22 Apr 2005
One common mode of entry for foreign direct investment is through the making of a foreign investment contract with the State. The aim of this paper is to consider more specific international investment agreements provisions that act to affect the negotiation, conclusion and observance of State co...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2004

Le développement économique en Afrique 2004

Endettement viable - Oasis ou mirage?

Series:
Développement économique en Afrique, Le
11 Mar 2005
Il analyse les problemes de la dette des pays du continent dans líoptique de la réalisation des Objectifs de développement du Millénaire díici 2015. Il montre que malgré les progres accomplis dans la mise en úuvre de líInitiative renforcée en faveur des pays pauvres trés endettés, les pays africa...
UNCTAD HNDBK STAT 2004 (BK&CD)

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2004 (Set of Book & CD-ROM)

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics / Manuel de Statistiques de la CNUCED
11 Mar 2005
The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development for the use of government officials, university and other research specialists. The CD-ROM, largely based on the traditional printe...
UNCTAD HNDBK STAT 2004 (CD)

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2004 (CD-ROM with Booklet)

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics / Manuel de Statistiques de la CNUCED
11 Feb 2005
The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development for the use of government officials, university and other research specialists. The CD-ROM, largely based on the traditional printe...
TRADE & DEV RPT 2004 (A)

Trade and Development Report 2004 (Arabic language)

Policy Coherence, Development Strategies and Integration into the World Economy

Series:
United Nations Trade and Development Report (Arabic)
11 Mar 2005
Greater openness to international trade and finance has not enabled developing countries to establish a virtuous interaction between external financing, domestic investment and export growth. The TDR 2004 argues that, to achieve this, a feasible development agenda has to be based on the concept o...
UNCTAD HNDBK STAT 2004

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2004

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics / Manuel de Statistiques de la CNUCED
11 Mar 2005
The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2004 provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. The publication presents consolidated reference statistics con...
E-COMMERCE & DEV RPT 2004

E-Commerce and Development Report 2004

28 Jan 2005
Information and communications technologies have considerable potential to promote development and economic growth. They can foster innovation and improve productivity. They can reduce transaction costs and make available, in mere seconds, the rich store of global knowledge. In the hands of devel...
PAYS LES MOINS AVANCES RPT 2004

Rapport sur les Pays les Moins Avancés 2004

Commerce international et réduction de la pauvreté

Series:
Rapport sur les pays les moins avancés
11 Feb 2005
Le commerce international est un outil essentiel pour la réduction de la pauvreté dans tous les pays en développement, mais les liens entre l’un et l’autre ne sont ni simples ni automatiques. Le Rapport de 2004 sur les pays les moins avancés (PMA) a pour objet de préciser ces liens et d’aider ain...
COMPETITION

Competition

Series:
UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
14 Jan 2005
The regulation of anti-competitive practices by private parties is an established aspect of economic regulation in national laws. By contrast, the linkage of competition issues to the concerns of investment liberalization in International Investment Agreements is a relatively recent phenomenon. T...
INTL TRADE GMO

International Trade in GMOs and GM Products

National and Multilateral Legal Frameworks

Series:
Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
17 Jun 2005
This study reports that genetically modified crops pose especially difficult choices for the world’s poorer nations. Agro-biotechnology may allow higher yields and provide other benefits, but it also involves technology that might be inadequate for the needs of developing countries. While countri...
TRADE POLICY AT THE CROSSROADS

Trade Policy at the Crossroads

The Indonesian Story

Series:
Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
17 Jun 2005
Following the crises of the late 1990s and the subsequent slowdown in the world economy, many countries are at the crossroads in their trade strategy, uncertain whether to advance with trade reforms, to stand still or increase protection. Support for the WTO multilateral negotiations now appears ...
SWIMMING IN THE SPAGHETTI BOWL

Swimming in the Spaghetti Bowl

Challenges for Developing Countries under the New Regionalism

Series:
Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
11 Mar 2005
The 1990’s witnessed the resurgence of interest in regional trade agreements (RTAs) throughout the world. RTAs continue to proliferate as an idea as well as political-economic fact, and are likely to remain an enduring feature of the trading system. The purpose of this paper is to present some pr...