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UNCTAD officials have spoken at a high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), addressing the topics of investment for sustainable development, and post-2015 development partnerships.​

More than 90 tourism experts have met to debate how this economic sector can carry out its activities sustainably and can add to economic growth in developing countries.​

UNCTAD’s Secretary-General and the Head of the Organization’s Debt and Development Finance Branch have spoken on sovereign debt issues at a special Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) event.

The International Trade Centre (ITC) is a joint technical cooperation agency of the World Trade Organization and of the United Nations – acting through UNCTAD – that is headed by an Executive Director at the level of Assistant Secretary-General (ASG).

Public procurement can play a major role in promoting information technology (IT) sector development in developing countries, a new joint study by UNCTAD and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) reveals.​

The University of the Gambia (UTG) has become the forty-fourth core university member of the Virtual Institute (Vi), and the ninth academic institution to represent a Least Developed Country in the network.​

Themes have been announced for UNCTAD’s 2013 flagship reports, and most publication dates have been set.​

How to capture the potential of services exports, and of creative-industry products such as films and music, was the topic of a recently held meeting of officials from export-import banks.

High-level officials, including UNCTAD's Deputy Secretary-General, have held two days of meetings in Amman, Jordan, on development challenges in the Arab region.

UNCTAD has published the Services Policy Review requested by Lesotho, which sets out a strategic vision for the development of the country’s services sector. The publication provides an overview of Lesotho’s services economy and an in-depth analysis of the financial, health and tourism sectors.