Release - The Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) is making its presence felt at the UNCTAD World Investment Forum Abu Dhabi this week! The World Investment Forum (WIF) is presented each year by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. It welcomes thought leaders from around the
UN News - The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported that world economic growth is expected to decelerate from three per cent last year to 2.4 per cent through 2023, with limited signs of a rebound in 2024. These figures underscore the urgent
UN News - Many developing countries may miss out on the benefits of the “green tech” revolution unless governments and the international community take decisive action now, the head of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in its latest report. “We are at
Global trade is set to reach almost $32 trillion this year, but inflation has reversed some gains in recent months. According to the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD, whose analysts said that global growth “turned negative” during the second half of 2022. The UN agency said that trade in
UN News - Spiralling debt in low and middle-income countries has compromised their chances of sustainable development, the head of the UN trade facilitation agency UNCTAD has warned. Speaking in Geneva, Rebeca Grynspan said that between 70 and 85 per cent of the debt that emerging and
UN News - Billions of people are facing the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation due to rising food and energy prices amid rapid inflation and increasing debt, leaving the most vulnerable consumers in a dire situation, said the UN trade and development
UN NEWS—The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the “main contributing factor” to the potentially devastating one per cent drop in projected global economic growth this year, UN development economists UNCTAD said on Thursday, in the body’s latest global economic update. “The main headline is a downgrading of the
UN News - Global trade is expected to be worth about $28 trillion this year - an increase of 23 per cent compared with 2020 - but the outlook for 2022 remains very uncertain, UN economists said This strong growth in demand – for goods, as opposed
UN NEWS—Although the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on maritime trade last year was less severe than expected, the knock-on effects will be far reaching and could transform the sector, the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, said in its latest report, published on Thursday. Maritime trade contracted
GIS Barbados - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will be in Barbados to open the 15th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 15) on Monday, October 4. The conference, hosted by the Government of Barbados, will be held in a virtual
