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Pact for the Future: Redefining trade and development for global progress

Pact for the Future: Redefining trade and development for global progress

SG Grynspan: More inclusive creative economy key to future development

SG Grynspan: More inclusive creative economy key to future development

Explore the World of Debt Dashboard: Key insights across 188 countries

Explore the World of Debt Dashboard: Key insights across 188 countries

Equity and justice key to resourcing the energy transition, UN panel says

Equity and justice key to resourcing the energy transition, UN panel says

Creative Economy Outlook 2024

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Creative Economy Outlook 2024

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Pact for the Future: Redefining trade and development for global progress

Pact for the Future: Redefining trade and development for global progress

SG Grynspan: More inclusive creative economy key to future development

SG Grynspan: More inclusive creative economy key to future development

Explore the World of Debt Dashboard: Key insights across 188 countries

Explore the World of Debt Dashboard: Key insights across 188 countries

Equity and justice key to resourcing the energy transition, UN panel says

Equity and justice key to resourcing the energy transition, UN panel says

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Cover image for Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people

Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people

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Digital Economy Report 2024

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Creative Economy Outlook 2024: Technical and statistical report

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World Investment Report 2024

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A world of debt 2024: A growing burden to global prosperity

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Secretary-General Grynspan: UNCTAD16 must deliver for the new global economy

18 September 2024

Secretary-General Grynspan: UNCTAD16 must deliver for the new global economy

13 September 2024

Blended learning helps countries bolster trade and customs capabilities

12 September 2024

Global inequality: UN Trade and Development chief calls for inclusive trade policies at WTO forum

3 September 2024

UN Trade and Development chief urges stronger collective action to transform Global South’s economic future

29 August 2024

Fairer and more competitive food markets are key to ending global hunger

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Data visualizations

Creative economy booms, with services leading the growth

Creative economy booms, with services leading the growth

Gaza’s GDP plummeted 81% in the last quarter of 2023

Gaza’s GDP plummeted 81% in the last quarter of 2023

Mounting fiscal deficits and debt in least developed countries require urgent action

Mounting fiscal deficits and debt in least developed countries require urgent action

Electricity use by 13 of the world’s largest data centre operators

Electricity use by 13 of the world’s largest data centre operators

Stark disparities persist on path to global goals. Here’s what the data tell us

Stark disparities persist on path to global goals. Here’s what the data tell us

Meetings and events

Trade and Development Board, seventy-first session

16 – 27 September 2024

Trade and Development Board, seventy-first session

Geneva, Switzerland

2 September – 14 October 2024

E-course on building resilience and responding to shocks

3 – 4 October 2024

TrainForTrade Coordination Meeting of the Modern Port Management Course in Uruguay

Montevideo, Uruguay

4 October 2024

Workshop on strategy for private sector in North Macedonia on non-tariff measures (NTM) reporting mechanism

Skopje, North Macedonia

7 – 8 October 2024

Intensive executive training for members of the Secretariat of the National Trade Facilitation Committee of the Maldives

Malé, Maldives

8 – 9 October 2024

TrainForTrade defense of dissertations of the Modern Port Management Course in Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Videos and podcasts

UNCTAD's 60th anniversary: Forward together

The Digital Economy Report 2024

World Investment Report 2024

Turning water into fuel: The challenges of making green hydrogen cheaply

#UNCTAD60: Isabella Weber on the economy of the future in a fragmented world

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.

2 October 2024

World Conference of the Creative Economy

25 September 2024

G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting during the United Nations General Assembly

24 September 2024

SDG Moment 2024: Driving Just Transitions for SDG Acceleration

22 September 2024

Summit of the Future: Multilateral solutions for a better tomorrow

21 September 2024

Summit of the Future Action Days: A Sustainable Future for All - Addressing debt challenges for Sustainable Development

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