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Posted on January 23rd, 2012
The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012 report warns that persistent high unemployment, the euro area debt crisis and premature fiscal austerity have already slowed global growth and factor into the possibility of a new recession.
Downgrading significantly its forecast from six months ago, the UN predicts now that, at best, the [...]
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Posted on November 7th, 2011
The joint report, the sixth since September 2009, finds the global economic recovery facing new challenges, with foreign direct investment likely to slow down in the second half of 2011. As the world economy urgently needs a boost from private investment to generate growth and create jobs, short-term crisis management will need to [...]
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Posted on October 18th, 2011
Many countries, in particular in Asia and Europe, are introducing new investment promotion policies, enhancing the protection of foreign investors.
This trend is reported by UNCTAD’s sixth Investment Policy Monitor, a regular online publication that provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies, [...]
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Posted on August 22nd, 2011
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 5 per cent to $1.24 trillion in 2010, UNCTAD´s annual investment survey reports. The World Investment Report 2011 says, however, that FDI flows at the end of the year were still some 15 per cent below their pre-crisis average and nearly 37 per cent below their [...]
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Posted on July 12th, 2011
Improving the national skill set is an important policy objective for both developed and developing countries. The level of skills in the local population – a nation’s human capital – is a key determinant of economic development and growth. At the same time, globalization has made human capital and skills development even more [...]
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