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Trade and Development Report
This annual report provides comprehensive and authoritative analysis of economic trends and policy issues of international concern. It offers recommendations for building a global economy that ensures better future for all people and the planet.
Past reports have looked at economic and social damage caused by financial crises, growing debt, stagnant wages and environmental degradation.
The series is intended for economists, policy makers, academics and all those involved in economic and trade research and analysis.
UN report on trade and development
Every year, UNCTAD prepares the United Nations Secretary-General´s report on international trade and development submitted to the UN General Assembly.
The annual report analyzes the key trends in global production and consumption and the effects on social and economic development prospects for different regions and countries.
It also assesses the main evolutions in trade policies and proposes strategies to improve the multilateral trading system to ensure it offers fair opportunities for all.
Research papers for the Group of Twenty-four (G-24)
The Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs (G-24) was established in November 1971 to increase the negotiating strength of the developing countries in discussions that were going on at that time in the International Monetary Fund on reform of the international monetary system.
During the 1990s, some 60 research papers were prepared by the Group of Twenty-Four. These studies were issued periodically in compendia, with eleven volumes published.
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