Launch of the Trade and Development Report 2017

14 September 2017

The Trade and Development Report 2017 will review the global economic performance over the past year, and will examine the topic of inclusive growth.

The Report links the issues of globalization, inequality and growth, with the SDGs, specifically, SDGs 1, 8 and 10, which define the inclusive growth agenda in the 2030 framework, as well as through the Fourth Industrial Revolution, macroeconomic aspects of gender issues, and the rise of rentier capitalism.

The Report will end with a chapter suggesting a global policy approach to address these issues.

The Report is under embargo until
5 p.m. GMT on 14 September 2017

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