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Graph showing that world trade and the global financial cycle move in sync

Over 90% of global trade now depends on finance, deepening vulnerabilities

Global economy 'on the brink' – Grynspan launches Trade and Development Report 2025

Cargo_plane_in_shipyard_at_sunrise

Finance can put trade at risk, leaving the global economy 'on the brink' – with developing countries hardest hit

Gaza economic, infrastructure destruction.

Economic collapse in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – urgent reconstruction needed

Trade and Development Report 2025: On the brink - trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy

Explore the report and data

Trade and Development Report 2025: On the brink - trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy

Explore the report and data

Graph showing that world trade and the global financial cycle move in sync

Over 90% of global trade now depends on finance, deepening vulnerabilities

Global economy 'on the brink' – Grynspan launches Trade and Development Report 2025

Cargo_plane_in_shipyard_at_sunrise

Finance can put trade at risk, leaving the global economy 'on the brink' – with developing countries hardest hit

Gaza economic, infrastructure destruction.

Economic collapse in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – urgent reconstruction needed

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Cover for Trade and Development Report 2025: On the brink - trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy

Trade and Development Report 2025: On the brink - trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy

Cover for Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Cover for Global Trade Update (November 2025): Trade – a catalyst for achieving the Paris Agreement

Global Trade Update (November 2025): Trade – a catalyst for achieving the Paris Agreement

Cover for All roads lead to reform: A financial system fit to mobilize $1.3 trillion for climate finance

All roads lead to reform: A financial system fit to mobilize $1.3 trillion for climate finance

Cover for Global Investment Trends Monitor, No. 49

Global Investment Trends Monitor, No. 49

Cover for Tariff disruptions: The impact on least developed countries

Tariff disruptions: The impact on least developed countries

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Fishing village, Myanmar.

05 Dec 2025

Beyond GDP: What else matters and how to measure it?

04 Dec 2025

UN launches new portal for digital cooperation

04 Dec 2025

Eastern and Southern Africa: Foreign investment surged to record highs

03 Dec 2025

Critical minerals – new partnerships needed to build fair value chains

01 Dec 2025

UNCTAD Empowerment Programme for Trade Facilitation marks 10-year milestone

26 Nov 2025

DR Congo pledges new funding to expand productive capacities with UNCTAD support

25 Nov 2025

UNCTAD report warns of economic collapse in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, calls for urgent reconstruction

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Data stories

A graph showing that global growth shows no signs of picking up in the near term

Global growth expected to slow to 2.6% through 2026

A graph showing Gaza's GDP per capita plummeted to $161 in 2024, among the lowest in the world

Gaza’s economy collapsed 83% in 2024, pushing all 2.3 million people into poverty

Global heating pushes temperatures into danger zone

GDP and CO2 emissions: Record temperatures heighten urgency to break the link

A graph showing growth in trade in wind-energy components, solar-energy components and other industrial goods

Trade in renewable energy powers ahead, but barriers slow transition

Line chart showing investment trends for greenfield investment, project finance and mergers and aquisitions

Global foreign investment falls 3% in first half of 2025, hitting industry and infrastructure

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Meetings and events

Empretec LogiHub Pre-Accelerator

8 – 12 December 2025

Empretec LogiHub Pre-Accelerator

9 – 10 December 2025

Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development, 16th session

9 – 18 December 2025

E-training course: Emerging issues at the interplay between trade and sustainable development

10 December 2025

6th joint EU–UNCTAD workshop on consumer product safety

11 December 2025

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

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Videos

On the brink – a conversation with Rebeca Grynspan and Mariana Mazzucato

On the Brink: Trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy

Trade can drive climate action

Secretary-General statements

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.

Read more about Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General

1 December 2025

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development, 9th session

25 November 2025

Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory

19 November 2025

Knowledge Summit 2025

5 November 2025

China International Import Expo