Maintaining growth in testing times: UNCTAD XII to consider impact of economic trends on development

Twelfth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to take place in Accra, Ghana, 20-25 April

Heads of state, ministers, economists to discuss better translation of globalization gains into poverty reduction; nurturing and expanding South-South trade; commodities boom; regional integration; foreign investment for development, debt management; technology; growing impact of creative economy; importance of small firms and entrepreneurship for development.

The danger that financial turmoil and an economic slowdown in industrialized countries will derail promising economic growth in the developing world is likely to be at the heart of debate when senior government officials, economists, and development experts gather in Accra, Ghana, in April for the twelfth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.