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[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3592d5dcafd1b9278dd78095f/images/ee1aac09-b86d-4595-9c01-b22deb71ff53.jpg] View this email in your browser<https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=3592d5dcafd1b9278dd78095f&id=2025c4db92> Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share with you a Special Issue of our Investment Policy Monitor<https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/publications/1260/investment-facilitation-progress-on-the-ground-ipm-special-issue-?utm_source=World+Investment+Network+%28WIN%29&utm_campaign=2025c4db92-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_646aa30cd0-2025c4db92->, focusing on Investment Facilitation. The Monitor reports countries’ progress in implementing investment facilitation measures on the ground, against the backdrop of ongoing negotiations on a possible investment facilitation agreement at the WTO in Geneva. 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