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UNCTAD's long-running series of courses for government policymakers is currently being delivered in Muscat to officials from Western Asia.

Senior South-east Asian policymakers will assess cyber-legislation and make recommendations to further the harmonization of e-commerce laws at a joint ASEAN/UNCTAD workshop in Cebu, the Philippines, on 10 and 11 November 2012.  The outcome will be reported to the twelfth ASEAN Telecommunications Senior Officials Meeting.

Some 300 experts studied the challenges poor countries face in meeting international standards for transparent business operations and accounting rules. UNCTAD offered a “toolkit” to help.

Regional resource-pooling, reliance on regional banks, even the creation of a Bank of the South were suggested to help developing countries in the wake of the world financial crisis.

While G20 members continued to honour their pledge not to introduce new restrictive investment measures, a closer look at current developments reveals a more nuanced picture.

The Technology and Innovation Report 2012, subtitled Innovation, Technology and South-South Collaboration, was launched today.

Some 130 representatives of governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), universities, and related institutions had signed up for the course as of 22 October.

In repose to Resolution A/GA/66/189 of the General Assembly, the UNCTAD Secretariat took the lead to organize a special event on Sovereign Debt Crises and Restructurings: Lessons Learnt and Proposals for Debt Resolution Mechanisms.

UNCTAD Secretary-General, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, addressed the ECA Eighth African Development Forum on Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa's Development in Addis Ababa yesterday.

In the first half of 2012, global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows decline by 8 per cent compared with the same period of 2011. UNCTAD now projects that FDI flows will, at best, level-off in 2012.​