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How to launch Ethiopia's tech and innovation lift-off

How to launch Ethiopia's tech and innovation lift-off

22 Nov 2019
UNCTAD review shows how improved use of science, technology and innovation policies can build innovation capacity, upgrade technologies and accelerate Ethiopia's development process.
Reigniting investment flows

Reigniting investment flows

15 Aug 2019
Written byMukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
New policy review framework balances development objectives

New policy review framework balances development objectives

17 May 2019
UNCTAD updates its methodology for assessing science, technology and innovation policies to better balance economic, social and environmental factors.
Inequalities and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Inequalities and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

1 May 2019
Written bySusan E. Cozzens, Georgia Institute of Technology
No-deal Brexit: the trade winners and losers

No-deal Brexit: the trade winners and losers

9 Apr 2019
New research by UNCTAD points to the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit on the UK's trading partners, including developing nations.
Countries discuss proposed WTO talks to boost e-commerce

Countries discuss proposed WTO talks to boost e-commerce

5 Apr 2019
UNCTAD is ready to support developing countries to maximize the development benefits of e-commerce, as they mull over proposed negotiations within the WTO.
Trading Places: The World in 2049

Trading Places: The World in 2049

2 Apr 2019
Written by Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Genetics and AI experts to speak at science, tech and innovation meeting

Genetics and AI experts to speak at science, tech and innovation meeting

4 Mar 2019
The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development, and the role of citizen science, form focus of May session.
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Inclusive science policymaking needed for rapid tech change

13 Feb 2019
Inter-sessional Panel of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development meets in Vienna to discuss ssacling up inclusion.
What if our future were designed equally by women?

What if our future were designed equally by women?

11 Feb 2019
Writen byShamika N. Sirimanne, Director of the Division on Technology and Logistics (UNCTAD)