Trade and gender
- Science & technology and the PRSP process: a survey of recent country experiences
- A. Warren-Rodriguez / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2007
- This paper examines how the role of science and technology (S&T) as a driver of economic growth and poverty reduction has, in the last five years, been addressed in poverty reduction strategy p...
- UN trade and development report 2007
- United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2007
- There is a growing recognition that global institutions, on their own, are not able to promote developing countries’ interests. This year's UNCTAD report argues that cooperation can...
- The potential impact of the aid for trade initiative
- S Page / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2007
- When the Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative was introduced, it was considered an alternative approach to aid and international trade regimes. In this paper the author argues that these hopes fell apart wi...
- The Least Developed Countries Report, 2007: knowledge, technological learning and innovation for development
- United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2007
- UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2007 focuses on knowledge accumulation, technological learning and the ability to innovate as vital processes toward genuine productive capacity deve...
- Investment policy review, Zambia
- S. Banerjee; L. Chia; J. Gara; A. Radhakrishna; I. Richards / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2006
- Since the introduction of major economic policy reforms in the early 1990s, private investment, including FDI, have played a greater role in Zambia´s economy. This report undertakes an extensive exami...
- Asian foreign direct investment in Africa: towards a new era of cooperation among developing countries
- M. Fujita; G. Liang; P. Mallampally; A. Miroux / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2007
- How might African countries attract a greater proportion of Asian foreign direct investment (FDI)? This book first looks for answers to this question through an examination of the role that FDI played...
- The Least Developed Countries Report 2002: escaping the poverty trap
- United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2002
- This Report is the first international comparative analysis of poverty in the LDCs. It is based on a new set of poverty estimates constructed specifically for the Report. The new estimates enable empi...
- Trade and Development Report 2002
- United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2002
- The Trade and Development Report 2002 analyses trends and outlooks for the world economy and focuses on export dynamism and industrialisation in developing countries. It demonstrates that, although in...
- The "state of the debate" on traditional knowledge
- United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2002
- This document summarizes the current "state of the debate" in major intergovernmental forums dealing with traditional knowledge (TK) and access to genetic resources and benefit sharing. It was prepar...
- Economic development in Africa: performances, prospects and policy issues
- United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2001
- Reviews Africa's development in the 1990s and analyses the domestic and external impediments to sustained and rapid growth in Africa.It discusses policy options for enhancing growth and de...
