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WorldConfidence in FDI recovery growing as TNCs look beyond the crisis, UNCTAD survey reveals

06 September - Transnational corporations (TNCs) are increasingly optimistic about the international investment environment and their own prospects for foreign direct investment (FDI) this year and beyond, this year´s World Investment Prospects Survey 2010-2012 shows.  More >>


WorldUNCTAD´s 2nd World Investment Forum set for 6-9 September in Xiamen, China

26 August - Some of the greatest minds and movers in the field of investment will assemble at UNCTAD´s World Investment Forum 2010 to discuss how to promote sustainable investment and development in the new phase of globalization and take advantage of opportunities that could arise across the globe.  More >>


International Investment AgreementsInvestor–State Disputes: Prevention and Alternatives to Arbitration

23 August - A new UNCTAD publication explores alternative methods that governments and international investors may use to resolve increasingly frequent disputes that must currently be handled through lengthy international arbitration. More >>


UNCTAD consumer protection workshop concludes in the Plurinational State of BoliviaUNCTAD consumer protection workshop concludes in the Plurinational State of Bolivia

30 July - Bolivian Government officials made progress towards a new consumer protection law at an UNCTAD training session in La Paz. Representatives of the Salvadoran Consumer Protection Authority made valuable presentations. More >>


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Events & Meetings
6–8 September 2010
Working Party, 56th session, Geneva

6–9 September 2010
Second World Investment Forum (WIF II) , Xiamen City, China

8 September 2010
Joint UNECE-UNCTAD Workshop: Climate Change Impacts on International Transport Networks, Geneva

8 September 2010
High Level Conference on Guidelines for Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing, Xiamen, China

13–24 September 2010
UNCTAD Modern Port Management course: Modules 5 and 6, Luanda, Angola

14–15 September 2010
Soutenance des mémoires de la septième promotion et lancement de la huitième promotion du programme de formation portuaire au port de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin

14 September 2010
Launch of the Trade and Development Report 2010, Geneva

15–28 September 2010
TDB, 57th session, Geneva

15–16 September 2010
Workshop to chart the way forward for the Implementation of a Commodities Exchange and a Warehouse Receipt System in Ghana, Accra, Ghana

16 September 2010
Opening of the EMPRETEC Centre in Peru, Lima, Peru

17 September 2010
Lancement de la cinquième promotion du programme de formation portuaire à Lomé, Lomé, Togo

7–8 October 2010
Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on the Green Economy: Trade and Sustainable Development Implications , Geneva

7–8 October 2010
Expert meeting on promoting sub-regional growth-oriented economic and trade policies towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in selected Arab countries, Geneva

12–14 October 2010
International high-level meeting of experts on sustainable tourism for development in the Least Developed Countries, Caen, France

12 October 2010
Corporate governance in the wake of the financial crisis: Linking governance, strategy and sustainability, Geneva

13–15 October 2010
ISAR, 27th session, Geneva

14 October 2010
Launch of the Information Economy Report 2010, Geneva

18 October – 5 November 2010
Regional Course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda for Western Asia , Beirut, Lebanon

20 October 2010
World Statistics Day, Geneva

26 October 2010
Short courses on key international economic issues - Millennium Development Goals, Geneva

1–4 November 2010
Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development, Geneva

8–12 November 2010
UN Conference on Competition Policy, 6th review, ,
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