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03 Mar 2023 - UNCTAD calls for urgent global action to support the world’s 46 least developed countries
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Geneva, Switzerland17 Jan 2023 - The Netherlands Commits $10 Million for Unctad’s Work on the Digital Economy and Business and Investment Facilitation
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The Weekly Tradecast
Greener growth: Why least developed countries must act fast to achieve sustainable development
Just ahead of the UN’s fifth conference on the least developed countries, this episode of The Weekly Tradecast talks about why these 46 nations need urgent help to address inequalities, attract investment and deliver the Sustainable Development Goals with UNCTAD economist Rolf Traeger.
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UNCTAD Secretary-General
Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica is the first woman and Central American to serve as UNCTAD’s secretary-general.
Ms. Grynspan is a renowned advocate of human development, who has helped to focus the world’s attention on relevant issues such as the reduction of inequality and poverty, gender equality, South-South cooperation as a tool for development, and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, among others.
A former vice president of Costa Rica, Ms. Grynspan joins UNCTAD from the Ibero-American Conference where she also led the organization as secretary-general.