Roundtable 7: Developing productive capacities in least developed countries

Sub-theme 3: Enhancing the enabling environment at all levels to strengthen productive capacity, trade and investment: mobilizing resources and harnessing knowledge for development.

Participants

Moderator:

H.E. Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Nations in Geneva and to the World Trade Organization

Panellists:

Mr. Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Mr. Sid'Ahmed Ould Raiss, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mauritania
Mr. William Kalema, Director, Uganda Manufacturers Association Consultancy and Information Services (UMACIS), Uganda
Mr. Richard Newfarmer, Special Representative of the World Bank to the United Nations in Geneva and to the World Trade Organization
Mr. John Clarke, Deputy Head, Permanent Delegation of the European Commission to the International Organizations in Geneva
Ms. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlement Programme

Discussants:

Mr. Simone Cipriani, Senior International Market Development Advisor, International Trade Centre (ITC/UNCTAD/WTO)
Ms. Joy Kategwa, Oxfam International, on behalf of the Civil Society Forum

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