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Digital services exports accelerate as least developed countries fall behind

Acting Secretary-General Moreno (pictured right) opens the 16th Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission on 31 August in Geneva.

Strategic investment boom risks leaving developing economies behind

Foreign direct investment growth is concentrated in developed economies

Global investment rises 6%, but development gains remain uneven

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Global Trade Update (September 2026): Services are reshaping global trade

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Global Trade Update (September 2026): Services are reshaping global trade

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Healthcare worker wearing a stethoscope uses a tablet in a clinic in Uganda.

Digital services exports accelerate as least developed countries fall behind

Acting Secretary-General Moreno (pictured right) opens the 16th Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission on 31 August in Geneva.

Strategic investment boom risks leaving developing economies behind

Foreign direct investment growth is concentrated in developed economies

Global investment rises 6%, but development gains remain uneven

Register for the World Investment Forum 2026

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World Investment Report 2026: International investment in a turbulent era

World Investment Report 2026: International investment in a turbulent era

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Global Trade Update (September 2026): Services are reshaping global trade, but least developed countries lag in digital exports

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UNCTAD Annual Report 2025

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Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Beyond reopening - lasting impacts on vulnerable economies

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Financing development: External flows of financial capital to developing countries and their cost

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Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP)

Data stories

First half of 2026: stronger goods trade growth and sluggish services trade growth

High-tech goods power global trade amid uncertainty

Bar chart showing Must vulnerable economies are exposed to oil and food price shocks

Hormuz disruptions: Most vulnerable economies are exposed to oil and food price shocks

Graph showing prices of oil and refined oil products have risen sharply

Vulnerable economies face the heaviest burden from oil shocks

A graph showing that clean technologies will account for a larger share of critical mineral demand

Critical minerals are reshaping global trade as demand surges

bar chart showing that AI-related hardware boosted import growth in 2025

AI-driven trade boom masks broader slowdown

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The Doha skyline at night

28 Aug 2026

UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum 2026 to bring global investment community to Doha

21 Aug 2026

Ensuring AI benefits everyone is key to development in the global South

04 Aug 2026

Today’s investment patterns are shaping tomorrow’s trade map

03 Aug 2026

Accelerating the energy transition in ports

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Videos

Inside the 16th Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission

Global Trade Update July/August 2026

Strait of Hormuz Disruptions: The burden of oil price shocks on vulnerable economies

Meetings and events

Trade and Development Board, 73rd session

14 – 25 September 2026

Trade and Development Board, 73rd session

Geneva, Switzerland

1 – 30 September 2026

Science, technology and innovation parks: Policies and practices e-learning course, autumn session

Online

7 September 2026

7th EU–UNCTAD workshop on consumer product safety

Online and Brussels, Belgium

8 – 10 September 2026

Capacity-building workshop for the Central African Republic's SMEs and policymakers

Bangui, Central African Republic

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Secretary-General

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD from 13 September 2021

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.

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Statements

14 July 2026

UN high-level meeting on critical energy transition minerals

New York City, United States of America

8 July 2026

23rd Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy — Opening remarks

Geneva, Switzerland

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