World investment report 2019
The World Investment Report supports policymakers by monitoring global and regional foreign direct investment trends and documenting national and international investment policy developments. The policy
Economy
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New govt should ease land acquisition rules: Krishnamurthy Subramanian
The latest pulse check for the economy is due on May 31, when the government will release gross domestic product data for the quarter ended March. India's new government should make it easier for companies
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Drought to deepen Namibia's economic woes: research
Namibian financial services firm, PSG Wealth Management, said Wednesday that amid the significant slump in agricultural output, the current drought will affect water-intensive industries, such as beverages
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Compound costs: how climate change is damaging Australia’s economy
The Climate Council’s report, ‘Compound Costs: How Climate Change is Damaging Australia’s Economy’, finds there are few forces affecting the Australian economy that can match the scale, persistence and
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Tracking the Sustainable Development Goals: emerging measurement challenges and further reflections
The Sustainable Development Goals recently adopted by the United Nations represent an important step to identify shared global goals for development over the next two decades. Yet, the stated goals are
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Uganda: Scientists Predict a Hotter Uganda
Kampala — Scientists have predicted that Uganda may experience the worst temperature raise in history, which will have far-reaching consequences on the economy. Dr Joab Osumba, a researcher at Consultative
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Closing the gap: empowerment and inclusion in Asia and the Pacific
Equality lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its ambition to leave no one behind. This report, prepared as the theme study for the 75th Commission Session, gages recent
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Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
The UN Secretary-General has released the advance, unedited version of his annual report on progress towards the SDGs. The report identifies cross-cutting areas where political leadership and urgent, scalable
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The implications of Korea’s experience for developing agriculture value chains in Africa
Sub-Saharan African countries have been seeking ways to improve their economies, particularly as problems of malnutrition, poverty, and unemployment continue to plague the people. The challenges that most
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Strategy for financial inclusion of informal economy workers
Access to finance and financial inclusion has been identified as a key enabler in the modern society. It provides for basic economic security of the family and is instrumental in preventing families from
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Trade in environmentally sound technologies: implications for Developing Countries
This report aims to enhance understanding of the implications, capacity needs and enabling conditions for trade liberalization of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs), with focus on developing countries.