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UNITED NATIONS
CONFERENCE ON TRADE
AND DEVELOPMENT
March 2010
What is UNCTAD:
• “Focal point for the UN system on the
integrated treatment of trade and development
and interrelated issues in the areas of finance,
technology, investment, services and
sustainable development.”
• Established in 1964 as a subsidiary body
of the General Assembly
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3 modalities of work:
Research and analysis
(beyond “conventional wisdom”)
Intergovernmental machinery (Trade and
Development Board, quadrennial Conferences)
Technical cooperation assistance
Interregional thematic programmes
Regional/subregional programmes
Tailor-made country operations
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Technical Cooperation activities
Forms of Delivery
1. Installation of computer based packages
(ASYCUDA, DMFAS)
2. Training courses and seminars on specific issues
3. Advisory services
4. National Policy reviews
5. Exchange of development experiences
6. Supply of trade related data
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Annual delivery
Sources of financing
Three main sources
1. Bilateral donors
2. UNDP
3. United Nations Regular programme for
Technical Cooperation
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UNCTAD differences with …
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) :
UNCTAD is not a trade negotiating forum
UNCTAD focuses on the development
aspects of trade
The International Trade Center (ITC):
ITC aims at export development through the
assistance to enterprises
UNCTAD mainly assists Governments
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Main areas of UNCTAD work
Trade policy and negotiations, commodities issues,
trade and environment, competition and consumers’
protection
Investment policies and investment agreements,
enterprise development, corporate transparency,
accounting and insurance, e-tourism
External debt Management
Transport and trade facilitation, customs’
modernisation
Science, technology and ICT policy, electronic
commerce
Trade and development issues of LDCs,
small islands, landlocked countries
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TRADE
Capacity building in international trade
negotiations
Capacity building in the areas of services
Assistance on issues related to market access,
preferential treatment including the GSP
Policies and strategies in the commodity area
Trade, environment and development
Competition law and policy
Dissemination of trade data – the Trade
Analysis and Information System (TRAINS)
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INVESTMENT
Capacity building for international
investment agreements (IIAs)
Investment policy reviews
Investment Guides for LDCs
Enterprise development – the
EMPRETEC Programme
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TRADE SUPPORT SERVICES
Trade logistics
Shipping and port management
Modernization of customs – the
ASYCUDA Programme
Electronic Commerce
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SPECIAL PROGRAMMES AND
CROSS-SECTORAL ACTIVITIES
The DMFAS Programme - Debt
Management And Financial Analysis
System
TrainForTrade
Virtual Institute
Training courses on key issues on the
international Economic Agenda
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THANK YOU
• Please contact UNCTAD at:
Technical Cooperation Service
[email protected]
• Visit UNCTAD website : www.unctad.org
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