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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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