Tag: Sustainable development
Global unemployment passes 200 million in 2017, UN labour agency reports
10 Oct 17 NewsMore than 200 million people are out of work around the world – an increase of 3.4 million since last year, the United Nations labour agency said Monday, calling for policies tha...
UNCTAD Expert Meeting to discuss international investment policies and sustainable development
10 Oct 17 NewsExperts will meet in Geneva from 9-11 October 2017 to stock of the sustainable development-oriented reform of international investment agreements to date, based on policy instrumen...
Rural areas, too long seen as poverty traps, key to economic growth in developing countries
10 Oct 17 NewsBut sweeping transformations needed to unlock their potential to help feed and employ a younger, more crowded planet – new report
Millions of young people in developing countrie...
Economic diversification even more crucial as the fight against climate change revs up
09 Oct 17 NewsThe need for developing countries to diversify the portfolio of goods and services they produce has become even more pressing as governments move to act on the promises of the Pari...
Remittances to recover modestly after two years of decline
04 Oct 17 NewsRemittances to low- and middle-income countries are on course to recover in 2017 after two consecutive years of decline, says the latest edition of the World Bank’s Migration and...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
29 Sep 17 NewsToday, in Lusaka: Zambia’s Minister of Finance, Felix Mutati, delivers the 2018 national budget
Yesterday, in Maseru: The first sitting of the Lesotho Coordinating Committee on ...
Role of trade key in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals
29 Sep 17 NewsTrade will play a key role in achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and both governments and the private sector need to be more active in ensur...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
28 Sep 17 Newstralac’s weekly e-Newsletter is posted. The featured commentary is by Prof Gerhard Erasmus: Is the WTO under threat?
Tomorrow in Johannesburg: How to succeed in doing ...
Sustainable Development Goals within an African context
26 Sep 17 PublicationsOn 25 September 2015, the United Nations adopted a set of goals focused on ending poverty, protecting the planet and ensuring prosperity for all as vital components of a new sustai...
Understanding non-tariff measures is key for sustainable growth and development
26 Sep 17 NewsUNCTAD is organizing its first Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) Week in Geneva from 25-27 September 2017 to shed light on the importance of mandatory trade-related regulations and volunt...
High-level event on the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa: Joint communiqué
25 Sep 17 News“Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2016-2025): From Political commitments to actions on the ground” – 21 September 2017, New York
One of the biggest ...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
22 Sep 17 NewsIn this week’s tralac’s e-Newsletter: Talkmore Chidede discusses a recent suit filed by Zimbabwe invoking the SADC Finance and Investment Protocol
Yesterday’s African Union ...
UNDP launches study on income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa
22 Sep 17 NewsLandmark publication stresses that addressing income disparities in the region will be key to reaching SDGs
It is only by addressing the challenge of income inequality that Africa...
Industrialization can drive growth, sustainable development in Africa, stress UN officials
22 Sep 17 NewsWhile much of Africa has achieved impressive economic growth, United Nations officials on Thursday, 21 September 2017 encouraged countries on the continent to take further action t...
Southern African leaders, at General Assembly, call for levelling the economic playing field
21 Sep 17 NewsWarning that Africa is beset by the double scourge of the disparity of the global economy and illicit financial outflows, South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday called on the...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
19 Sep 17 NewsEvents, Thursday, in New York: (i) Flagship reforms for a more effective African Union: a conversation with Rwandan President Paul Kagame (Brookings Institution); (ii) Income inequ...
World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says
19 Sep 17 News815 million people now hungry – Millions of children at risk from malnutrition
After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 mill...
Africa needs to increase production and have a skilled manpower to develop productive capacities: UNCTAD panelists
19 Sep 17 NewsTo achieve structural transformation and sustainable development, Africa needs to pay more focus on the need to build its productive capacities.
African Union Commission Deputy Ch...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
15 Sep 17 Newstralac’s Weekly e-newsletter is posted. Highlights include: Prof Gerard Erasmus asking if the court ruling on the Kenyan elections in Kenya is a precedent for inter-state dispute...
United Nations urges end to austerity, calls for ambition to rebalance global economy and achieve prosperity for all
15 Sep 17 NewsThe global economy appears stuck on its path to recovery. A new UNCTAD report, the Trade and Development Report, 2017: Beyond Austerity – Towards a Global New Deal, sets out...