Ahead of the Summit of the Future, Rebeca Grynspan highlights how debt burdens are crippling developing nations’ abilities to invest in critical services and their people.
Trade in the sector between developing countries has doubled over the past decade, but persistent barriers highlight the need to revitalize the global system of trade preferences among them to unlock further growth.
Backed by UN Trade and Development, customs automation helps improve compliance and ease trade in the country, benefitting businesses, the government and people.
Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan spoke on the global economic outlook, climate finance, capital flows and multilateral development bank reform.
From UN Trade and Development, a statistical breakdown of the world’s uneven progress towards achieving shared prosperity on a sustainable planet by 2030.
Digital transformation is profoundly impacting the production and consumption of creative goods and services, generating opportunities for some and challenges for others.
A global shift towards circularity focusing on responsible production and consumption is crucial to making the digital economy an empowering force for people and the planet.
The growth was fueled by positive trade dynamics for the United States and developing countries, and in sectors related to green energy and artificial intelligence.
Collaboration and synergies are needed more than ever to realize the world’s common vision for a more prosperous future for all.
Aid for gender goals jumped from $26 billion to $52 billion in 10 years, primarily through loans and for projects where equality was a significant but not primary focus.
