Tag: Global economy
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24 Jun 20 NewsUNCTAD’s latest Policy Brief: Making trade agreements work for gender equality - exploring data gaps and availability
SADC Council approves revised regional guidelines to ease c...
Joint Statement of the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19
17 Jun 20 NewsThe COVID-19 pandemic is a major challenge to humankind, and is the most serious global public health emergency since the end of World War II.
To defeat COVID-19 through greater s...
Global trade continues nosedive, UNCTAD forecasts 20% drop in 2020
12 Jun 20 NewsNew data shows a worrying deterioration of trade for developing countries and a continued struggle for the automotive and energy sectors, while office equipment rebounds.
Internat...
Private sector leaders commit to mobilizing resources to build back better from COVID-19
11 Jun 20 NewsIn a meeting convened by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 10 June, leaders of prominent financial institutions and businesses pledged to scale-up sustainable i...
COVID-19 to plunge global economy into worst recession since World War II
09 Jun 20 NewsThe global economic outlook during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A changed world
The swift and massive shock of the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown measures to contain it have plunged ...
COVID-19: Act now or risk ‘unimaginable devastation’ globally, warns UN chief
29 May 20 NewsUnless countries across the world act together now, the COVID-19 pandemic will cause “unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world”, UN Secretary-General António Gu...
COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries
27 May 20 NewsUNCTAD and the WHO have teamed up to respond to the urgent call to boost local production of essential medicines in developing countries.
With more than 100 projects to develop a ...
PSC Report comment: towards a new post-COVID-19 world order?
21 May 20 NewsWe are likely to see increased competition between the US and China, rising nationalism and weak global leadership.
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the reality o...
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14 May 20 NewsWTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo plans to depart: The WTO will make an announcement Thursday about its Director-General Roberto Azevedo, a spokesman said, following reports he ...
COVID-19 triggers marked decline in global trade, new data shows
13 May 20 NewsThe coronavirus pandemic led to a 3% drop in global trade values in the first quarter of 2020. The downturn is expected to accelerate in the second quarter, according to UNCTAD for...
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06 May 20 NewsAfCFTA Year Zero Report (AfroChampions Initiative)
This assessment, which was completed before COVID-19 struck, showed that despite the euphoria, AfCFTA commitment and implementat...
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04 May 20 NewsThe Bureau of the Council of Ministers of the AfCFTA will convene a virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss AfCFTA implementation issues and a trade response to COVID-19. Senior of...
COVID-19 in Africa – some reflections on trade matters
04 May 20 NewsReality check
Poverty, inequality and exclusion are key factors contributing to the devastating effects of COVID-19 on all African countries. Issues like fragile healthcare system...
A new normal: UN lays out roadmap to lift economies and save jobs after COVID-19
04 May 20 NewsThere will be no return to the “old normal,” governments must act to create a new economy and more jobs.
The urgent health crisis that is COVID-19 has created a historic reces...
COVID-19: Using economic stimulus to reduce the long-term hunger impact
04 May 20 NewsBeyond the COVID-19 health emergency, a recession looms, and countries ought to take measures now to soften the longer-term impacts on hunger and food insecurity, a new FAO po...
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28 Apr 20 NewsDiarise: South Africa’s March merchandise trade statistics will be released on Thursday
Selected submissions to the US Trade Representative ahead of negotiations on the proposed...
South African tourism and the coronavirus pandemic
28 Apr 20 BlogSA tourism heads for bleak winter and beyond
Worldwide lock-downs in response to the coronavirus pandemic have hit the tourism industry especially hard. There have been no partial...
COVID-19 Trade and trade-related measures in Africa
27 Apr 20 NewsCountry Policy Tracker
tralac is monitoring trade-related policy responses to the Coronavirus global pandemic. Below is a list of COVID-19 trade and trade-related measures be...
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24 Apr 20 NewsPeter Fabricius: Africa’s free trade agreement gets locked down for the year (ISS, Daily Maverick)
The AfCFTA has become the latest in the many casualties of the devastating cor...
COVID-19 is a matter of life and debt, global deal needed
24 Apr 20 NewsThe coronavirus pandemic hits developing countries at a time when they have already been struggling with unsustainable debt burdens for many years, as well as with rising health ne...