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Representatives from Russia and Ukraine met in the United Arab Emirates last week to discuss the possibility of a prisoner-of-war swap that would be linked to a resumption of Russian ammonia exports, which go to Asia and Africa, via a Ukrainian pipeline, three sources with knowledge of the meeting said. The sources said the talks were being mediated by the Gulf Arab state and did not include the United Nations despite the U.N.'s central role in negotiating the ongoing initiative to export a...

The attention and intention with which the ports, terminals and connectivity infrastructure are built and financed in Africa are quite visible right now across its political, economic and regulatory...

Unctad identifies 45K new products with export potential

The UN-led Initiative, brokered by Turkey, has helped to stabilise and subsequently lower global food prices.

Generals are often criticized for fighting the last war. What about central bankers who seem unable to grasp the lessons of the last emergency, still less to anticipate the next

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has alerted that maritime trade is facing a ‘historic moment of crisis due to the Ukraine versus Russia war, which

The UN body said that economic activity in India was being hampered by higher financing cost and weaker public expenditure.

The UN agency’s warning came days ahead of the International Monetary Fund’s forthcoming October 2022 World Economic Outlook as world markets continue to flash red s...

Activist groups and statist bureaucrats at the United Nations and around the world are seeking to impose corporate social responsibility (CSR) requirements on firms through the International Organization for Standardization’s proposed

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) and renowned economists and development experts yesterday...