Digital technologies and e-commerce have the potential to transform livelihoods in the Pacific by enhancing trade across sectors and industries, finds in a new .
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Complex and stringent rules of origin, the 鈥減assport鈥 for goods, can prevent businesses from taking advantage of trade preferences, according to a by .
Issues of science, technology, and innovation remain endemic to development, and furthering our understanding of these issues is a core challenge for policy research. Deepening its commitment to this goal, launches the 2023 edition of its , a flagship publication that this year focuses specifically on what can be achieved by technological innovation by opening 'green windows of opportunity'. The report is built around green innovation - creating or introducing new or improved goods and services that leave lighter carbon footprints.
The world traded about in 2021 鈥 enough to fill over 18 million trucks. The queue would wrap around the globe 13 times! Since , most of the products will end up littering our streets and flooding our seas. But nature abounds in sustainable materials (bamboo, sand, banana plants, algae) that could be used to make eco-friendly versions of straws, shopping bags, bottles, food wrappers and other plastic products.
Plastic substitutes could cut global plastic waste by 鈥 about 63 million tonnes less, or 3.5 million fewer trucks in the queue. 鈥淏esides the benefits to the planet, the shift offers economic opportunities,鈥 said Henrique Pacini, an economist working on trade and environment issues. 鈥淏ut countries and companies have to work together and across borders to and reduce trade barriers."
The country鈥檚 online system is making it to access the benefits of registering their company with the government.
The current food crisis, triggered by COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, is different, says, because of a stronger US dollar - creating a 鈥榙ouble burden鈥 for developing countries.
Global trade should hit a record $32 trillion for 2022, but a slowdown that began in the second half of the year is expected to worsen in 2023 according to 鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;.
Hemp is an amazing plant that is eco-friendly and used in food products, biofuels, textiles and even building materials. Its global market could hit $18.6 billion by 2027, a new says.
Celebrating female entrepreneurship, a recent tells the stories of 21 women from developing countries who鈥檝e defied a myriad of challenges to build successful businesses.
A new calls for increased investment in maritime supply chains. Ports, shipping fleets and hinterland connections need better prepare for future global crises and climate change.
As nations convene for COP27, has set out the actions needed to ensure global efforts towards a low-carbon future don鈥檛 leave least developed countries (LDCs) behind.
A new report by explores how urban entrepreneurs, or urbanpreneurs, use innovative solutions to tackle challenges triggered by rapid urbanization and drive the expansion of smart cities.
A recent shows how the Black Sea Grain Initiative, effected to resume exports of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea amid the ongoing war, has offered hope and shown the power of trade in times of crisis. The report underlines why it鈥檚 critical to renew the initiative next month. Thanks to the initiative, port activity in Ukraine is picking up and large shipments of grain are reaching world markets. The total tonnage of grain and other foodstuffs exported through the initiative had reached almost 8 million metric tons.
鈥檚 eTrade readiness assessment for Peru will provide diagnostics of how the country is taking advantage of digitalization and e-commerce for development.
Africa鈥檚 economic activity is expected to expand by a moderate 2.7% in 2022 and 2.4% in 2023, following a rebound of 5.1% in 2021, according to .