We believe good policy drives progress. By providing evidence-based policy analysis, we help countries to improve economic, social and environmental outcomes.
Our research provides authoritative data and analysis on trade, investment, finance and technology. And it offers solutions to the major challenges facing developing countries, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable nations.
Beyond tailored analysis and policy recommendations, our research has also generated global standards that govern responsible sovereign lending and borrowing, investment, entrepreneurship, competition and consumer protection and trade rules.
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Shaping an environmentally sustainable and inclusive digital future
Rethinking development in the age of discontent
Leveraging carbon markets for development
Unlocking Africa's trade potential: Boosting regional markets and reducing risks
Navigating maritime chokepoints
Inclusive diversification and energy transition
Latest publications
Publications
Report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy on its eighth session [ADVANCE COPY]
Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 12 to 14 May 2025
TD/B/EDE/8/4 - 02 Jul 2025
Implementing World Summit on the Information Society Outcomes: A Twenty-Year Review
UNCTAD/TCS/DTL/INF/2025/2 - 02 Jul 2025
Empowering Consumers, Protecting the Planet
Aligning consumer protection with selected multilateral environmental agreements
UNCTAD/TCS/DITC/INF/2025/6 - 01 Jul 2025
Voluntary peer review of consumer protection law and policy of Angola
UNCTAD/DITC/CPLP/2025/1 - 27 Jun 2025
Policy briefs
Global collaboration for inclusive and equitable artificial intelligence
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 119
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2025/2 (No. 119) - 20 Jun 2025
Harnessing regional integration and green industrial policy for enhancing sustainable development in Latin America
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 118
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2025/1 - 26 Feb 2025