Tag: UNCTAD

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows rebounded strongly in 2021, rising by 77% to an estimated $1.65 trillion, from $929 billion in 2020, surpassing pre-COVID-19 level, according to UNCTAD’s Investment ...

World goods trade continued on a strong rebound in the third-quarter of 2021, setting a new quarterly record, totaling $5.6 trillion in value, according to UNCTAD. New projections for the ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) holds massive potential to boost maritime trade on the continent, as trends in technology present tailwinds to the continent’s trade and transport, according ...

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in the first half of 2021 reached an estimated US$852 billion, but low-income economies suffered a further 9 per cent decline, according to UNCTAD. ...

Data-driven digital economy is surging as estimates show that global internet protocol (IP) traffic – a proxy for data flows – will more than triple between 2017 and 2022, according ...

Without developing productive capacities to respond and recover from crises such as COVID-19, least developed countries (LDCs) will remain on the margins of the global economy, according to UNCTAD. By ...

Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) amounting to US$3 billion is expected to find its way into Ghana’s economy by 31st December 2021, Mr. Yofi Grant has revealed. Mr. Yofi Grant, the ...

An assessment report by UNCTAD on the proposed short term International Maritime Organization (IMO) Green-House-Gas reduction measure has revealed that its negative impacts are highly tilted towards developing countries including ...

The European Union’s (EU) recent carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) is favourable to developed economies where production is relatively carbon efficient but will do little to mitigate climate change, UNCTAD ...

Ghana’s exports of raw cashew nut (RCN) represents an average of 12.5 per cent of the global exports of cashew nut in shell since 2017. Exports of raw cashew nut ...