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Photo: <a href=http://bit.ly/1LgsnT2>IRIN/Edgar Mwakaba</a>
<a href=http://bit.ly/1LgsnT2>IRIN/Edgar Mwakaba</a>

UN rights expert welcomes new Assembly resolution on debt structuring

10 September 2014
A new United Nations General Assembly resolution on debt restructuring that will set up a multilateral legal framework for debtor countries to emerge from debt safely was welcomed today by the UN rights expert on the issue as a way forward to “fill the current legal voice and reduce uncertainty.”
Photo: <a href=http://bit.ly/1LgsnT2>IRIN/Edgar Mwakaba</a>
<a href=http://bit.ly/1LgsnT2>IRIN/Edgar Mwakaba</a>

Global foreign direct investment rises to pre-crisis levels, UN reports

28 January 2014
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose to levels not seen since the start of the global economic crisis in 2008, increasing by 11 per cent in 2013 to an estimated $1.46 trillion, with the lion’s share going to developing countries, according to a United Nations report released today.