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The economy is expected to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2021 but growth could slow down next year, according to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021.

UN Data: Import of goods grew 45 per cent in Q1 2021 relative to the 2020 average while services imports were up 14 per cent.

Global trade recorded a 5 per cent drop in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the same period last year, according to UNCTAD.

Depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic evolves in the winter months, the UN trade and development body expects the value of global trade to contract by 7 per cent to 9 per cent with respect to 2019

Around $1 trillion of debt owed by developing countries would be cancelled under a global deal proposed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Thursday to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

India is expected to become the global hub for video game development with its world-class game developers, according to the UN agency dealing with trade.

Kerala-based 4Tune Factory has been given a special recogntion award by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for enabling women and girls to develop skills.

A fund launched in India for boosting start-ups and entrepreneurship in the country has been cited by the United Nations on how government policies can support investment in services and development of the digital sector.

Jack Ma, who advises the UN agency UNCTAD on small business and young entrepreneurs, was the star attraction at a conference on e-commerce for development.

Foreign Direct Investment flows into India nearly doubled in 2015 while the US emerged as the top host country for FDI last year, the UN's trade agency has said.

India leads regional inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Asia accounting for $34 billion investment during 2014 and the upward trend is likely to continue this year also, according to a United Nations report, which placed China as the world's largest FDI recipient.

The Indian economy will grow at a rate of 5.6 per cent in 2014 while developing economies as a whole will see a rise of 4.5-5 per cent in economic expansion, a report by United Nations body UNCTAD said on Wednesday.

India has been consistently rated amongst the top three investment destinations in the world by global bodies like World Bank and UNCTAD due to its "liberal foreign investment policies", according to an official statement released on Wednesday.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India has increased by about 35 per cent to $13.6 billion during the first half of 2013 with merger and acquisitions accounting for the bulk of inflows, according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

US president Barack Obama’s criticism of India’s economic reforms drew sharp reactions in India. The main opposition BJP's Yashwant Sinha, a former Finance Minister, said that India could not open its markets just because the US President wished it. There were voices like those of industrialist Anand Mahindra, who pointed out on twitter that we...

The economy is expected to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2021 but growth could slow down next year, according to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021.

UN Data: Import of goods grew 45 per cent in Q1 2021 relative to the 2020 average while services imports were up 14 per cent.

Global trade recorded a 5 per cent drop in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the same period last year, according to UNCTAD.

Depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic evolves in the winter months, the UN trade and development body expects the value of global trade to contract by 7 per cent to 9 per cent with respect to 2019

Around $1 trillion of debt owed by developing countries would be cancelled under a global deal proposed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Thursday to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

India is expected to become the global hub for video game development with its world-class game developers, according to the UN agency dealing with trade.

Kerala-based 4Tune Factory has been given a special recogntion award by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for enabling women and girls to develop skills.

A fund launched in India for boosting start-ups and entrepreneurship in the country has been cited by the United Nations on how government policies can support investment in services and development of the digital sector.

Jack Ma, who advises the UN agency UNCTAD on small business and young entrepreneurs, was the star attraction at a conference on e-commerce for development.

Foreign Direct Investment flows into India nearly doubled in 2015 while the US emerged as the top host country for FDI last year, the UN's trade agency has said.

India leads regional inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Asia accounting for $34 billion investment during 2014 and the upward trend is likely to continue this year also, according to a United Nations report, which placed China as the world's largest FDI recipient.

The Indian economy will grow at a rate of 5.6 per cent in 2014 while developing economies as a whole will see a rise of 4.5-5 per cent in economic expansion, a report by United Nations body UNCTAD said on Wednesday.

India has been consistently rated amongst the top three investment destinations in the world by global bodies like World Bank and UNCTAD due to its "liberal foreign investment policies", according to an official statement released on Wednesday.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India has increased by about 35 per cent to $13.6 billion during the first half of 2013 with merger and acquisitions accounting for the bulk of inflows, according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

US president Barack Obama’s criticism of India’s economic reforms drew sharp reactions in India. The main opposition BJP's Yashwant Sinha, a former Finance Minister, said that India could not open its markets just because the US President wished it. There were voices like those of industrialist Anand Mahindra, who pointed out on twitter that we...