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UNCTAD in its latest Trade and Development Report Update calls for a bold international economic agenda to avert another lost decade for developing countries.

A Trade Hope: The impact of the Black Sea Grain Initiative

A new report shows how the initiative has helped ease market pressures and avert the worst impacts of the global food crisis.

Technology and Innovation Report 2023: Opening green windows

UNCTAD calls for coherent policy action to enable developing countries to benefit from green technologies

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A farmer uses hydroponic systems for his organic farm, where plants grow in water containing nutrients.

Why family farmers need greater access to technology

UNCTAD supports efforts to expand family farmers’ access to innovative technologies to boost livelihoods and fight global hunger.

13 Apr 2023

© Shutterstock/fenkieandreas | A diver swims over coral reefs off the coast of Lombok, Indonesia.

UNCTAD set to support countries under new landmark treaty on high seas

The agreement is a milestone towards making all ocean economic activities more sustainable, less harmful and beneficial to all.

3 Apr 2023

© Shutterstock/kittirat roekburi | A Thai woman engineer checks the valve regulator of a hydrogen tank.

UNCTAD and Thailand partner to strengthen women’s capacity to use technology

The two organizations will train women researchers and entrepreneurs on how to harness the power of science, technology and innovation to drive more sustainable and inclusive growth.

31 Mar 2023

© Shutterstock/ PradeepGaurs | A drive charges his electric car in New Delhi, India.

Developing countries cannot afford to miss out on the green tech revolution

By Shamika N. Sirimanne, Director of UNCTAD’s Division on Technology and Logistics

30 Mar 2023

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The Weekly Tradecast

Banking on it: How safe is our financial system and should we fear another crisis?

This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at our banks and how safe they are with Anastasia Nesvetailova, head of UNCTAD’s macroeconomic and development policies branch.

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Featured publications

Trade and Development Report Update (April 2023)

Global Trade Update (March 2023)

Commodities at a glance: Special issue on access to energy in sub-Saharan Africa

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Pulse of the global cost-of-living crisis

Benin triples number of companies opened by youth in 2022

The country’s young people are chasing their entrepreneurial dreams amid a digitalization boom powered by e-government tools developed by UNCTAD.

Promoting sustainable ports in Peru

UNCTAD training inspires a nationwide project across key Peruvian ports, boosting progress towards sustainability, gender equality and economic development.

Angola: Empowering women through honey

An UNCTAD project is harnessing the power of bees to help women improve their livelihoods while creating sustainable opportunities in rural communities in the southern African nation.