We believe good policy drives progress. By providing evidence-based policy analysis, we help countries to improve economic, social and environmental outcomes.
Our research provides authoritative data and analysis on trade, investment, finance and technology. And it offers solutions to the major challenges facing developing countries, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable nations.
Beyond tailored analysis and policy recommendations, our research has also generated global standards that govern responsible sovereign lending and borrowing, investment, entrepreneurship, competition and consumer protection and trade rules.
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Growth, Debt, and Climate: Realigning the Global Financial Architecture
Investing in sustainable energy for all
Crisis-resilient development finance
The Potential of Africa to capture technology-intensive global supply chains
Towards a green and just transition
Opening Green Windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world
Cross-border data flows and development: For whom the data flow
Inclusive diversification and energy transition
Latest publications
Publications
Report of the Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission on its fourteenth session [ADVANCE COPY]
Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 29 April to 3 May 2024
TD/B/C.II/53 - 28 May 2024
Business e-commerce sales and the role of online platforms [ADVANCE COPY]
UNCTAD Technical notes on ICT for development, No. 1
UNCTAD/DTL/ECDE/2024/3 - 28 May 2024
Global megatrends and the quest for poverty eradication
Working Paper, No. 7
Authors: Patrick N. Osakwe, Olga Solleder.
UNCTAD/WP/2024/2 - 03 May 2024
Enforcing competition law in digital markets and ecosystems: Policy challenges and options
TD/B/C.I/CLP/74 - 24 Apr 2024
Policy briefs
Correspondent banking relationships and trade
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 115
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2024/1 - 16 Apr 2024
Climate-responsive central banking in the least developed countries
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 114
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2023/8 - 26 Dec 2023