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- Latin American, Caribbean exports to jump 21 per cent this year, finds UN study
A new United Nations study says that exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 21.4 per cent this year, owing mainly to purchases from Asia - particularly China - and the normalization of United States demand. - UN official says resources, policies and leadership key to achieving anti-poverty goals
Countries can make headway on slashing hunger, poverty and a host of other socio-economic ills over the next five years, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said today, stressing three essential elements for progress. - Palestinian economy in modest growth amid Israeli occupation - UN
The occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) recorded marginal economic growth last year, and unemployment remained high, with Israel's closure policy in the West Bank and the blockade of the Gaza Strip continuing to inhibit the territory's potential for rapid economic expansion, the United Nations reported today. - Low-income countries to benefit from advocacy by UN-appointed eminent persons
Development problems plaguing the world's poorest countries (LDCs) will occupy the minds of the Group of Eminent Persons appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier this week as they examine obstacles to economic progress and recommend new paradigms for transforming low-income economies. - UN chief appoints eminent persons to boost support for world's poorest nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed a Group of Eminent Persons to advise on the support needed to help the world's poorest nations achieve their development targets, ahead of a major international conference on the least developed countries (LDCs) slated for next year.