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Participants learned about the benefits and risks that women face when the agricultural sector becomes more commercialized and technology intensive

By Teresa Moreira, Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD

UNCTAD Secretary-General sets down roadmap for health, productivity, prosperity and fixing a fractured global economy scarred by the coronavirus pandemic ahead of its October 2021 quadrennial conference in Barbados.

The COVID-19 economic crisis is forecast to reverse years of painstaking development progress in education and nutrition, and to pull 32 million people back into extreme poverty.

UNCTAD and its partners embark on a project to harness data and statistics for gender-responsive trade policy.

The coronavirus pandemic is impacting actors in the digital economy differently. While some digital businesses are showing resilience, costs are rising for others, a new UNCTAD survey shows.

Inequalities and vulnerabilities risk worsening long after a vaccine becomes available. UNCTAD charts a roadmap for a more inclusive and better recovery, emphasizing the need to reshape global production networks.

The pandemic has sent shockwaves through global maritime transport and laid the foundations for a transformed industry and associated supply chains. UNCTAD expects a return to growth in 2021

By Paul Akiwumi, Director for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD

By Bruno Antunes, Economist, UNCTAD