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UNCTAD at the United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP28

UNCTAD will spotlight critical connections between climate change and trade and finance, bringing into sharp focus climate-related economic inequalities.

UNCTAD eWeek 2023: Shaping the future of the digital economy

Join over 3,000 stakeholders from 130 countries to examine how to turn digital opportunities into shared development gains.

Inclusive growth index underscores need to move beyond GDP

UNCTAD's tool helps countries know who is benefiting from economic growth, whether it’s environmentally sustainable and other indicators of progress.

Least Developed Countries Report 2023: Crisis-resilient development finance

UNCTAD calls on the global financial system to urgently address the climate and development financing needs of the world’s 46 most vulnerable nations.

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A woman at a clothing store in Bethlehem, Palestine

UNCTAD report exposes economic strain on Palestinian welfare in West Bank due to Israeli restrictions

It emphasizes the urgent need to remove the restrictions to help provide the economic base necessary to reverse the current trend of socioeconomic deterioration in the region.

28 Nov 2023

UNCTAD outlines actions to boost production of essential antibiotics in East Africa

Three reports show how Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda can broaden their investment incentives to capture the special needs of antibiotics production.

24 Nov 2023

An aerial shot of Yantian Port Free Trade Zone, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China

The global minimum tax spurs need for faster investment agreement reforms

A UNCTAD report highlights the interplay between efforts to tackle tax avoidance and protect investment, calling for accelerated reforms to align investment agreements with new global tax rules.

23 Nov 2023

Investing in the energy transition: Countries need more balanced policies

New UNCTAD analysis examines incentives and disincentives for renewable energy investment worldwide and how developing countries can strategize.

21 Nov 2023

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The Weekly Tradecast

Green light: How trade can drive the clean energy transition and cut global emissions

This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at the role that trade has to play in the clean energy transition with senior UNCTAD economist Chantal Line Carpentier.

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