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Global ‘Blue Deal’ urgently needed to protect and invest in our ocean

UNCTAD highlights the opportunities the ocean holds for developing countries and charts a new course to sustainably use marine resources.

Scaling up plastic substitutes is key to tackling pollution

Nature abounds in sustainable alternatives to plastics, but companies and countries must work across borders to boost their production and tackle barriers.

Continuation of the Black Sea Initiative

The UN welcomes the continuation of the initiative, which has moved over 30 million tons of food, helping to bring down global prices and stabilize markets.

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Mongolia eyes e-commerce to diversify its economy

An UNCTAD assessment shows the country has made progress in laying the foundations of a solid digital ecosystem and charts a path to overcome the challenges ahead.

8 Jun 2023

Banknotes of various currencies around the world.

First-ever official data on illicit financial flows now available

UNCTAD and its partners continue to work with several developing countries to produce official data on selected types of illicit financial flows.

8 Jun 2023

Efforts are underway in Rwanda to ease e-commerce through mobile payment services.

Rwanda steps up policy efforts to spur e-commerce growth

UNCTAD supports Rwanda to develop a strategy to ease digital trade and make progress towards leaving the group of least developed countries.

29 May 2023

About half of the Angola population lives in coastal areas and relies on fisheries for livelihoods.

Angola casts net wider to scale up fish exports

UNCTAD supports the nation rich in aquatic resources to diversify its exports through the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

26 May 2023

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The Weekly Tradecast

Global energy crisis: Prices may be cooling but more volatility is in the pipeline

This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at global energy prices with Janvier Nkurunziza, head of UNCTAD’s commodities branch.

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Featured publications

Trade and Environment Review 2023

Mongolia: eTrade Readiness Assessment

Moving fast with frontier technologies

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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.