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COVID-19 and E-commerce
Author: United Nations Publications
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Published: 2022-04-30
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9789211130133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication assesses the impact of COVID-19 on e-commerce and digital trade. While the pandemic caused a sharp deceleration in economic activity, it also led to a rapid acceleration of e-commerce. With restrictions on movement and other public health interventions in place, digital solutions have become essential to continued delivery of economic and social activities. And, as the digital economy and e-commerce play an increased role in Sustainable Development, stakeholders at all levels have a responsibility to ensure that these technologies play a positive and powerful role in national and international recovery efforts. Indeed, those that can harness the potential of e-commerce will be better placed to benefit from global markets for their goods and services, while those that fail to do so risk falling behind. Thus, the critical global policy challenge that emerges from this study is that greater efforts are needed to help reduce inequalities in e-trade readiness that currently prevail amongst countries.
Maritime Informatics
Author: Mikael Lind
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-05-17
Total Pages: 135
ISBN-13: 3030727858
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShipping is the world’s oldest sharing economy and is conducted in a self-organizing manner. Shipping is capital, energy, and information intensive, and with the growing impact of digitalization and climate change, there is a need to rethink the management and operations of this critical global industry - assisted in no small way by maritime informatics. Building upon the recently published inaugural book Maritime Informatics by Springer, this book will address some of the most recent practical developments and experiences, particularly from a global perspective. The focus of the book is to address contemporary movements to tackle global concerns and to complement Maritime Informatics.
The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit
Author: Milford Bateman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-09
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 135185688X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty reduction and local economic development policies of all time. Microcredit, the system of disbursing tiny micro-loans to the poor to help them to establish their own income-generating activities, was initially highly praised and some were even led to believe that it would end poverty as we know it. But in recent years the microcredit model has been subject to growing scrutiny and often intense criticism. The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit shines a light on many of the fundamental problems surrounding microcredit, in particular, the short- and long-term impacts of dramatically rising levels of microdebt. Developed in collaboration with UNCTAD, this book covers the general policy implications of adverse microcredit impacts, as well as gathering together country-specific case studies from around the world to illustrate the real dynamics, incentives and end results. Lively and provocative, The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit is an accessible guide for students, academics, policymakers and development professionals alike.
Trade and Gender Linkages: an Analysis of Central America
Author: Bengi Yanik-Ilhan
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Published: 2020
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This document is the eighth module in volume 1 of the teaching manual on trade and gender prepared by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The teaching manual has been developed with the aim of enhancing the capacity of policymakers, civil society organizations, and academics to assess the gender implications of trade flows and trade policy and to formulate gender-sensitive policies on gender and trade"--page 2.
Key Statistics and Trends in International Trade 2020
Author: United Nations Publications
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Published: 2021-04-30
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9789211130102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication is structured into two parts. The first part presents a short-term overview of the status of international trade using preliminary statistics on merchandise trade up to the third quarter of 2020. The second part provides illustrative statistics on international trade in goods and services covering the medium term. The second part is divided into two sections. Section 1 provides trade statistics at various levels of aggregation illustrating the evolution of trade across economic sectors and geographic regions. Section 2 presents some of the most used trade indicators at the country level, to illustrate trade performance across countries.
Trade and Development Report
Author: United Nations Conference On Trade And Development Staff
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Published: 2002-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788185040288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report of the United nations conference on trade and development examines current performances and prospects in this world economy.
Economic Development in Africa Report 2021
Author: UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT.
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Published: 2022-01-07
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9789211130041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe African Continental Free Trade Area is expected to be a game changer for development ambitions in Africa.
Escaping from the Commodity Dependence Trap Through Technology and Innovation
Author: United Nations
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Published: 2021
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789211130188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommodity dependence is a trap: once a country is commodity dependent, it is difficult to develop a productive sector out of commodities and export non-commodity products. This publication argues that without strong action at the highest political level in Commodity-dependent Developing Countries (CDDCs), these countries will remain trapped for centuries. It demonstrates how technology and innovation could lead the way to economic and structural transformation in CDDCs, helping to diversify economies and lessen dependence on the commodity sector and, in turn, strengthen productivity growth. Enabling CDDCs to escape from the commodity dependence trap requires stronger cooperation between CDDCs and their trading and development partners with regard to technological acquisition and domestication. Indeed, a conducive framework for technology accessibility and its transfer to CDDCs is ultimately needed at the international level.
Economic Development in Africa Report 2017
Author: Davis, Junior
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Published: 2017
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9789211129106
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Economic Development in Africa Report 2017 examines the role that tourism can play in Africa's development process.
