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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), permanent organ of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, established in 1964 to promote trade, investment, and development in developing countries. The report also said that even if economic activity continues to bounce back and advanced country governments continue with the current mix of fiscal and monetary measures, employment will not fully recover, and many countries will remain in debt distress and income gaps will widen. The conference is the highest decision-making body of UNCTAD at which member states assess current trade and development issues and formulate global policy responses. It documents policy actions that G20 Members have taken in the last months preceding the pandemic and in “But the greatest economic and social damage will be in the developing world, where levels of informality are high, commodities and tourism major sources of foreign exchange, and fiscal space has been squeezed under a mountain of debt,” it said. The report said that while UNCTAD expects a rebound in India’s GDP growth in 2021 in line with the growth rates of the Indian economy in recent years, “the contraction registered in 2020 is likely to translate into a permanent income loss”. India’s GDP is forecast to contract 5.9 per cent in 2020 and recover to 3.9 per cent next year, the report said. Colombia ordered digital platforms to withdraw miracle products in relation to COVID-19. The Trade and Development Report 2020 by UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Tuesday that the world economy is experiencing a deep recession amid a still-unchecked pandemic. On 23 March 2020, the consumer protection authorities of all EU member States (Consumer Protection Cooperation network), issued a common position on the most reported … report, jointly prepared by the OECD and UNCTAD Secretariats, covers . I see our roles as very complimentary and the partnership will put a light on the important role ahead of us”. The primary objective of UNCTAD is to formulate policies relating to all aspects of development including trade, aid, transport, finance and technology. All rights reserved. The report asserted that a global recovery plan must be both bold and comprehensive, built around a coordinated macroeconomic expansion focused on job creation and higher wages and supported by a big public investment push into cleaner energy, environmental protection, sustainable transport systems and the care economy. Such a recovery would require double-digit global growth next year, which is out of the question, said Richard Kozul-Wright, UNCTAD’s director of the division on globalisation and development strategies. The World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Trade Centre (ITC), and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued the 2020 edition of World Tariff Profiles – a statistical yearbook that provides comprehensive information on the tariffs and non-tariff measures imposed by WTO members and other economies. The report said that while UNCTAD expects a rebound in India’s GDP growth in 2021 in line with the growth rates of the Indian economy in recent years, “the contraction registered in 2020 is likely to translate into a permanent income loss”. Its members are composed of national Governments, however civil society contributes to discussions which take place.