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James Zhan

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva (Switzerland)

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva (Switzerland) - Director of Investment and Enterprise at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He is the team leader of the annual UNCTAD World Investment Report, and chief editor of the UN journal Transnational Corporations. He has more than 30 years of experience at the national and international level in investment, trade, technology, business facilitation and enterprise development.

Policy Briefs

G20 Indonesia 2022

Digitalization, Inclusion, And Jobs: Here’s How To Plug Into Digital Value Chains While Creating High-Quality Jobs

TF5 - Inequality, Human Capital, and Well-Being
Policy area: Inequality, Human Capital and Well-being
Matthew Stephenson (World Economic Forum), James Zhan (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva (Switzerland))
G20 Indonesia 2022

What Is Climate FDI? How Can We Help Grow It?

TF1 - Open Trade and Sustainable Invesment and Industry
Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Matthew Stephenson (World Economic Forum), James Zhan (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva (Switzerland))
G20 Italy 2021

Leveraging digital FDI for capacity and competitiveness: How to be smart

TF3 - Trade, Investment, and Growth
Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Matthew Stephenson (World Economic Forum), Lorraine Eden (Texas A&M University), Michael Kende (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Fukunari Kimura (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)), Karl P. Sauvant (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University), Niraja Srinivasan (NERA Consulting), Lucia Tajoli (Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)), James Zhan (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva (Switzerland))
G20 Italy 2021

SusTech solutions: Enabling new technologies to drive sustainable development

TF4 - Digital Transformation
Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity
Matthew Stephenson (World Economic Forum), Iza Lejarraga (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris (France)), Kira Matus (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (China)), Yacob Mulugetta (University College London (UCL) (UK)), Masaru Yarime (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (China)), James Zhan (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva (Switzerland))

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