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UNCTAD, IATA extend partnership to facilitate global trade
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 12 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have extended their collaboration to facilitate international trade, particularly e-commerce.
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Global economy can lose $4 trillion due to Covid-19 impact on tourism: UNC
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The crash in international tourism due to coronavirus pandemic can cause a loss of more than four trillion dollars to the global GDP for the years 2020 and 2021, according to an UNCTAD report published on Wednesday.
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India gets $64 billion FDI in 2020: UNCTAD
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): Foreign direct investments in India rose to 64 billion dollars in 2020, making it the fifth-largest recipient in the world, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Monday.
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Naviz Analytics launches CODEX to help CDOs build data culture
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): The ongoing pandemic has accelerated the growth of eCommerce. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the eCommerce sector saw a dramatic 3% rise, from 16% to 19% in 2020. This has augmented the adop
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Rebeca Grynspan appointed as UNCTAD's Secretary General
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica will be the new head of UNCTAD, the United Nations trade and development body.
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Global economy gets COVID-19 shot from US stimulus: UNCTAD
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 18 (ANI): The global economy is set to grow by 4.7 per cent this year, faster than predicted in September (4.3 per cent), thanks in part to a stronger recovery in the United States where progress in distributing vaccines and a fresh fiscal stimulus of 1.9 trillion d
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East Asian economies drive global trade recovery: UNCTAD
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 10 (ANI): Led by trade in goods, global trade recovered in the last quarter of 2020, reducing its overall decline for the year to about 9 per cent, according to UNCTAD's new Global Trade Update published on Wednesday.
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UN vows to deepen Africa's trade integration, implement free trade agreeme
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Friday expressed its keen intention to deepen Africa's trade integration and effectively implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement.
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Amit Shah congratulates Invest India for winning United Nations Investment
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday greeted 'Invest India' for winning the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) 2020 UN Investment Promotion award.
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'Invest India' bags UNCTAD's Investment Promotion Award 2020
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): The UNCTAD has declared 'Invest India' as winner of the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award, according to a release by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
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Global tourism set to lose $1.2 trillion due to coronavirus: UNCTAD
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 3 (ANI): The world's tourism sector could lose at least 1.2 trillion dollars or 1.5 per cent of the global gross domestic product (GDP) having been placed at a standstill for nearly four months due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report by UNCTAD.
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Global FDI flows projected to plunge 40 pc in 2020: UNCTAD
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are forecast to decrease by up to 40 per cent in 2020 from their 2019 value of 1.54 trillion dollars, according to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2020.
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