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The UNCTAD survey says, together, they add up to triple threats to development, which have to be tackled with vigor.

UNCTAD acknowledged it would be hard to set up a "constant real exchange rate" system both technically and politically.

UNCTAD suggested that India might have to import both bio-ethanol and biodiesel to meet its targets.

As a follow-up to UNCTAD's Investment Policy Review of Botswana, an investor targeting strategy for the garments sector was finalized.

If understanding prevails, UNCTAD is in a position to replace confrontation with agreement; it cannot be put off.

UNCTAD Secretary-General, Supachai Panitchpakdi, says this depressing state of affairs comes after four years of relatively strong growth.

As Unctad points out, the new Asian model is catching on in other parts of the world as well.

In the report, UNCTAD cited deregulation of financial markets as the main cause of the global financial and economic crisis.

The latest UNCTAD report on World Investment Perceptions lists China in first place among the top 15 investment locations.

Well over 80% of those surveyed by UNCTAD expected some production activities to be transferred overseas.

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This was highlighted by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its World Investment Report 2008.

It is expected to publish 2010 figures next week in its next annual study of global investment trends.

He encouraged UNCTAD to take part actively in this process and expand its relations with OPEC, WTO and regional organizations.

The latest UNCTAD survey shows that China is still the most appealing host for investment in the world.

The Delegation supported the third proposal, also and added that they could draw on existing studies like the one done by UNCTAD.

"Obviously, if the crisis drags on recession will begin to bite, " said Anne Miroux, head of the Unctad team that prepared the report.

Unctad's take on what needs to be done to improve this situation is a combination of commonsense and wishful thinking.

Still, Unctad noted that the European Union continued to be the largest host region, taking 45 per cent of all FDI inflows last year.

The report will be presented at a roundtable discussion at an UNCTAD conference in Ghana in April.

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UNCTAD, the World Bank and other international organizations could provide inputs in the identification of relevant indicators.

Unctad said that in 2010, the U. S. remained the main recipient of foreign direct investment, which rose 49% from 2009, to $228 billion.

However, it expects developed economies to reclaim the largest share of foreign investment flows from 2011.

The workshop was co-sponsored by EBID and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

But the UNCTAD report also points the finger at those who provide development aid.

Various downside risks for the world economy could affect prospects for 2008, Unctad warned.

"Unctad expects the FDI figures to be even higher in 2007 than in 2006, " said Supachai Panitchpakdi, secretary-general of the agency.

But while Unctad is right on these two counts, it is on far weaker ground in recommending technological upgrading.

Unctad confirmed that for the first time, businesses invested more in developing than developed economies in 2010.

But Unctad said that rise in foreign direct investment will only happen if a daunting array of pitfalls are sidestepped.

UNCTAD expects world output to grow by around three percent this year. That is almost one percentage point less than in 2007.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says worldwide FDI inflows shrank 21% in 2008 to $1. 4 trillion.

When even Mr Dosman recognises on page 431 that an UNCTAD conference involved "a routine of merciless boredom" , the reader empathises.

There are important lessons from the Unctad study.

"The message here is very pragmatic: we need to reverse our course quickly, " said UNCTAD Secretary General Supachai Panitchpakdi.

Unctad estimates that FDI flows to Asia fell 17 per cent to $233bn in 2009, against a drop of 37 per cent worldwide.

According to UNCTAD, foreigners have invested almost $500 billion in China's capital stock.

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The debt problems of developing countries and the transfer of real resources to these countries is another major area of UNCTAD's work.

UNCTAD outlines a number of policy recommendations for more effective transfer of knowledge and technology to developing countries.

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