| Press Release TAD/1952 |
CAMBODIA, NEPAL ARE FIRST LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
TO JOIN WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release TAD/1950 |
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOMINATE WORLD FDI STOCK
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release TAD/1949 |
2002 A RECORD YEAR FOR LIBERALIZING FDI LAWS AND REGULATIONS
(Reissued as received.)
GENEVA, 21 August (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) -- In an effort to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), countries are increasingly improving their investment climates, judging by the record number of changes introduced into national laws and bilateral instruments signed last year.
| Press Release TAD/1948* |
WORLD MARKET FOR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS EMERGING
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release TAD/1947 |
BRAZIL TO HOST UNCTAD XI IN JUNE 2004(Reissued as received.)
GENEVA, 13 June (UNCTAD) -- The eleventh United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XI) will be held at the Anhembi Conference Centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 13 to 18 June 2004.
| Press Release TAD/1946 |
BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR GLOBAL INVESTMENT?
Investment Agencies Think Worst May Be Over, Says New UNCTAD Survey
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release TAD/1945 |
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT HOLDS NEW YORK
STRATEGY SESSION TO ASSESS KEY ECONOMIC ISSUES
| Press Release TAD/1944 |
UNCTAD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT COURSE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
(Reissued as received.)
GENEVA, 10 March (UNCTAD) -– An online course on dispute settlement in international trade, investment and intellectual property is now available, free of charge, on the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Web site (http://www.unctad.org/dispsett).
| Press Release TAD/1943 |
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT LAUNCHES
WORLD INVESTMENT DIRECTORY ONLINE
| Press Release TAD/1942 |
UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS 2002 RELEASED
It might sound like a truism to say that countries with small populations and similar income levels tend to trade more than large ones. The fact is, however, that smaller countries with smaller domestic markets need to specialize in goods and services they can produce efficiently if they are to realize greater total outputs –- hence, they tend to be more involved in international trade.
