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16 April 2018The Handbook of Statistics is now available online

We are proud to announce the first electronic version of our Handbook of Statistics previously only available on paper and PDF format.

26 March 2018Monitoring the implementation of the SDGs: The role of big data

At the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) on Friday, 16 March in New Yorkt the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) on Friday, 16 March in New York, Steve MacFeely spoke about the role of big data.

23 March 2018Digital economy data gap risks widening inequalities, UNCTAD says

According to UNCTAD, those least prepared for the digital economy have less data on which to base policy decisions, threatening to widen the gap between the "haves" and the "have nots".

16 March 2018New project to measure illicit financial flows in Africa

UNCTAD and other UN bodies present new work on tracking the billions stolen from the continent each year through tax avoidance and such illegal activities as drug trafficking.

15 March 2018Defining, estimating and disseminating statistics on illicit financial flows in Africa

During the latest United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, the Permanent Missions of Nigeria and Norway to the United Nations, UNODC and UNCTAD have organized a side-Event on Measuring Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), Thursday, 8 March 2018.

06 March 2018Borderline: Reliable data on women is crucial to measuring empowerment and equality

The importance of trade for development – and the meaning of gender in it – can be determined by crunching sex-disaggregated data.

18 December 2017UNODC-UNCTAD Expert Consultation on the SDG Indicator on Illicit financial flows - Vienna, December 12 - 14, 2017

The international workshop, jointly organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was held at the Vienna International Centre.

08 December 201750th edition of the UNCTAD statistics handbook - 6 December 2017

UNCTAD Deputy Secretary General, Isabelle Durant officially launched the 50th edition of the UNCTAD Statistics Handbook at a press conference.

05 December 2017Trade and Development in Numbers: Handbook offers crucial economic data for global decision-makers

UNCTAD has launched its annual Handbook of Statistics in a new, user-friendly format to celebrate its fiftieth year of publication. The 2017 edition has been overhauled entirely to make it shorter and easier to read, and features a wealth of maps, charts, and infographics.

19 November 2017World Toilet Day

Toilets save lives because human waste spreads killer diseases. However, 4.5 billion people live without a household toilet that safely disposes of their waste. World Toilet Day is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.

16 November 2017Course on Trade in Services Statistics with emphasis on Africa, organized by WTO in Geneva

28 statisticians from developing economies benefited from the course on trade in services statistics organized by WTO; UNCTAD participated as a resource partner agency.

07 November 2017Workshop with statisticians from the West African Economic and Monetary Union, Niamey, Niger on 01-03 November 2017

UNCTAD and the West African Economic and Monetary Union - Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA) jointly hosted a workshop with statisticians from the National Statistical Institutes of the eight UEMOA member states.

24 October 2017World Development Information Day - October 24

The General Assembly in 1972 established World Development Information Day to draw the attention of the world to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them (resolution 3038 (XXVII)).

14 October 2017World Standards Day, October 14, 2017

Every year on 14 October, members of the international community celebrate World Standards Day, as a way of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of all those who develop the technical agreements that are published as international standards.

25 September 2017UNCTAD strengthens its cooperation with Vietnam in the area of debt and development finance strategies

UNCTAD and the Government of Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on debt and development finance strategies.

15 September 201761st World Statistics Congress - Marrakesh, Morocco, July 16-21, 2017

UNCTAD Chief Statistician, Mr. Steve MacFeely, in his role as a director of the International Statistical Literacy Programme chaired the Special Topic Session entitled 'The Challenges of Improving Statistical Literacy in Developing Countries' (STS 050).

12 July 2017Measuring and evaluation of UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development to Tanzania and Zanzibar, June 29 - July 6, 2017.

UNCTAD delivers technical training on measuring and evaluation of UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development to Tanzania and Zanzibar, June 29 - July 6, 2017. Statisticians and evaluators from UNCTAD ran a series of seminars and technical workshops in Tanzania and Zanzibar.

10 July 2017Innovate 4 Water conference, Geneva 8-9 June, 2017

Steve MacFeely, Head of Statistics and Information at UNCTAD, presented ated at the Innovate 4 Water conference organized by Waterpreneurs, WaterVent and the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva on 8 & 9 June, 2017.

26 May 2017ECOWAS export meeting on the continental free trade area (CFTA), trade in goods and trade in services modalities, Accra, Ghana, 16-18 May, 2017

Bojan Nastav, associate statistician at Statistics and Information at United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), attended the ECOWAS experts meeting on Continental free trade agreement (CFTA) in Accra for session on trade in services, which took place on Tuesday, 16 May 2017.

23 May 2017Statistical Capacity Building for Sustainable Development

Steve MacFeely, Head of Statistics and Information at UNCTAD presented a paper at the 'Asia-Pacific Economics Statistics Week 2017' (UN ESCAP) on Monday May 22nd.

18 May 2017In search of the Data Revolution

Steve MacFeely, Head of Statistics and Information at UNCTAD gave the keynote speech 'In search of the Data Revolution' at the 'Data Science for an Open Government Conference' held at the Porto Business School, Porto, Portugal on Friday 12th, May 2017.

22 February 2017Trade in information and communications technology goods fell in 2015 as industry juggles shifts in demand

For the first time since 2009, the value of global imports of information and communications technology (ICT) goods declined in 2015 by 3.6 percent in current prices to just over $2 trillion.

15 December 2016UNCTAD launches its 2016 Handbook of Statistics

The Handbook includes a wealth of data for analysis of international trade, investment, or development.

20 October 2016UNCTAD marks World Statistics Day: 'Better Data, Better Lives'

Effective new policies that create jobs, improve wellbeing and drive social development will depend on reliable, timely and impartial statistics, the head of UNCTAD's statistics and information branch said in a statement marking World Statistics Day.

13 September 2016International Day for South-South Cooperation

The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation is annually observed on September 12.

20 July 2016Measuring progress toward attaining the Sustainable Development Goals: Q&A with Steve MacFeely of UNCTAD

Steve MacFeely presented groundbreaking UNCTAD report, the first to show how progress toward attaining the SDGs can be measured.

18 July 2016Achieving the SDGs requires rich countries to meet their 0.7% aid target - UNCTAD

If rich countries had consistently met the 0.7 per cent target since 2002, then developing countries would have been $2 trillion better off.

07 April 2016Global trade slows down to a five-year low in 2015

Global trade slows down to a five-year low in 2015, but negative growth rates are also a result of currencies' depreciation against the US dollar.

01 April 2016UNCTAD launches novel Maritime Country Profiles

A maritime country profile provides a basic snapshot of a country's situation regarding maritime transport and international trade, facilitating convenient cross-country comparisons. The Maritime Country Profiles will be updated regularly as new data becomes available.

20 March 2016International Day of Happiness

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in 2015: "The pursuit of happiness is serious business". Nowadays this "business" is carefully measured and is used as a barometer of life quality. In fact, many argue that "happiness" combines to give a better picture of human wellbeing than do other individual indicators, such as, income, poverty, education, health or good government.

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