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The worldwide economy has suffered as a result of scarcity of computer chips. This has also had a strategic consequence.

AS part of identifying training and capacity-building programs for East Timor, the Department of Foreign Affairs-Technical Cooperation Council of the Philippines (DFA-TCCP) visited select facilities of the Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DoST-ITDI) on July 19.

Make UK report says post-Brexit structural shift in trade is particularly hurting factories in north-west and West Midlands

Jul 10, 2023 - Diversifying the economy, promoting innovation, and increasing its competitiveness is part of the benefits obtained by a country that manages to attract signi

IN 2015, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) estimated the global financing gap for developing countries to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) relevant sectors by 2030 was $2.5 trillion per year. SDG relevant sectors include food, water, power and telecom, among the most basic human needs. This financing gap has increased by 40 percent during the pandemic to $3.5 trillion per year, according to the Asian Development Bank. Today, the gap continues to widen. Accord...

The UAE improved its position as the world’s 16th most attractive foreign direct investment (FDI) destination in 2022 by recording a 10 per cent surge in ..

Developing countries face an investment gap of $2.2 trillion annually for the energy transition, out of a $4 trillion annual funding gap for the Sustainabl..

The UAE has recorded its highest-ever foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow last year and also surged in global rankings...

THE Philippines has made it to the top five host economies of renewable energy investments in the Developing Asia and Oceania region from 2015 to 2022, according to the World Investment Report 2023 released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). The Unctad report, published on July…

Malawi’s net foreign direct investment (FDI) has been slowing down from a peak of 9.9 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014 to 0.4 percent by 2022, World Bank data shows. With GDP at K12 trillion, in monetary terms the slowdown means a decline from about K1.2 trillion in 2014 to about K480