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Deborah James

Deborah James is the Director of International Programs at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (www.cepr.net) and facilitates the OWINFS network.

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Trade and Development Backstory: The Struggle Over the UNCTAD 15 Mandate

Article By Deborah James | Nov 10, 2021

Governments and civil society organizations must work together with UNCTAD to provide developing countries the tools — and the transformed governance regimes — they need to “build back better” through these challenging and difficult times.