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Global trade in 2025: Resilience under pressure

Global trade in 2025: Resilience under pressure

Urgent debt reforms needed to prevent ‘defaults on development’

Urgent debt reforms needed to prevent ‘defaults on development’

Beyond GDP: New data reveals persistent gaps but progress in inclusive growth

Beyond GDP: New data reveals persistent gaps but progress in inclusive growth

Viet Nam to host 16th UN Conference on Trade and Development in October

Viet Nam to host 16th UN Conference on Trade and Development in October

Grynspan speaks at the UN General Assembly meeting on middle-income countries

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Grynspan speaks at the UN General Assembly meeting on middle-income countries

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Global trade in 2025: Resilience under pressure

Global trade in 2025: Resilience under pressure

Urgent debt reforms needed to prevent ‘defaults on development’

Urgent debt reforms needed to prevent ‘defaults on development’

Beyond GDP: New data reveals persistent gaps but progress in inclusive growth

Beyond GDP: New data reveals persistent gaps but progress in inclusive growth

Viet Nam to host 16th UN Conference on Trade and Development in October

Viet Nam to host 16th UN Conference on Trade and Development in October

Featured publications

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Global Trade Update (March 2025)

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Economic Development in Africa Report 2024

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Shaping the future: Driving economic transformation for equitable, inclusive and sustainable development

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A world of debt 2024

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Harnessing regional integration and green industrial policy for enhancing sustainable development in Latin America

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Climate-smart trade facilitation: From efficiency to climate solutions

28 March 2025

Climate-smart trade facilitation: From efficiency to climate solutions

20 March 2025

Liquid asset: Rethinking water use in global manufacturing powerhouses

14 March 2025

Global debt at a crossroads: What you need to know about the 14th International Debt Management Conference

12 March 2025

UK commits $1 million to accelerate trade facilitation for developing countries

6 March 2025

Small island nations’ reliance on ocean services heightens risks. Diversification is critical.

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Data stories

Developing countries’ external debt hits record $11.4 trillion

Developing countries’ external debt hits record $11.4 trillion

Global trade hits record $33 trillion in 2024, driven by services and developing economies

Global trade hits record $33 trillion in 2024, driven by services and developing economies

Women in trade: Female labour remains undervalued in global exports

Women in trade: Female labour remains undervalued in global exports

Fast-growing trillion-dollar ocean economy goes beyond fishing and shipping

Fast-growing trillion-dollar ocean economy goes beyond fishing and shipping

Africa’s vulnerability to global shocks highlights need for stronger regional trade

Africa’s vulnerability to global shocks highlights need for stronger regional trade

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Meetings and events

Commission on Science and Technology for Development, twenty-eighth session

7 – 11 April 2025

Commission on Science and Technology for Development, twenty-eighth session

Geneva, Switzerland

1 – 4 April 2025

eTrade for Women Masterclass for Latin America and the Caribbean

Bogota, Colombia

3 April 2025

Launch of the Technology and Innovation Report 2025

3 April 2025

P166 short courses on key international economic and development issues for Geneva-based delegates

Geneva, Switzerland

4 April 2025

On the road to the Third United Nations Ocean Conference: briefing on the outcomes of the Fifth United Nations Ocean Forum

United States of America

7 – 11 April 2025

Commission on Science and Technology for Development, twenty-eighth session

Geneva, Switzerland

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Videos and podcasts

How we support countries to analyse and manage their debt

5th UN Ocean Forum on trade-related aspects of Sustainable Development Goal 14

Rebeca Grynspan: Viet Nam will host the 16th UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16)

The future of trade: Finding balance in a fragmented world

Bigger barriers: Emily Blanchard on tariffs and trade wars

Secretary-General statements

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

Geneva, Switzerland

Rebeca Grynspan

Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica was appointed the eighth Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 13 September 2021. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the organization.

1 April 2025

United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on middle income countries

26 March 2025

Launch of the Trinidad and Tobago e-commerce strategy

17 March 2025

International Debt Management Conference, 14th session

7 March 2025

Intergenerational Dialogue on Beijing +30: For all women and girls - rights, equality, empowerment

3 March 2025

5th United Nations Ocean Forum on trade-related aspects of Sustainable Development Goal 14

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