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Breaking the mould

Breaking the mould

8 Dec 2021
By Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Costa Rica launches Pura Vida sustainable and responsible seafood label

Costa Rica launches Pura Vida sustainable and responsible seafood label

19 Nov 2021
The collective mark will help consumers select fishery and seafood products produced with sustainable and responsible practices that foster community development.
Least developed countries at 50: Mid-life crisis or resilient maturity?

Least developed countries at 50: Mid-life crisis or resilient maturity?

18 Nov 2021
By Rolf Traeger, Chief, Least Developed Countries Section, UNCTAD
Pandemic drives ICT goods trade rebound but steep declines occur in least developed countries and Africa

Pandemic drives ICT goods trade rebound but steep declines occur in least developed countries and Africa

2 Nov 2021
The latest data for 2020 show growing reliance on digital technologies, boosting international trade of computers and related equipment and reversing falls seen in 2019.
Botswana launches strategy to diversify economy through e-commerce

Botswana launches strategy to diversify economy through e-commerce

29 Oct 2021
Botswana gears up to diversify its economy by moving from mining minerals to mining knowledge.
Ocean economy offers a $2.5 trillion export opportunity: UNCTAD report

Ocean economy offers a $2.5 trillion export opportunity: UNCTAD report

26 Oct 2021
Facilitating market access, finance and technology transfer of ocean-based goods and services will help countries recover faster from the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNCTAD15: Policies are critical to harnessing frontier technologies for good

UNCTAD15: Policies are critical to harnessing frontier technologies for good

8 Oct 2021
Good policy choices and actions will make the difference in steering technological change towards economic recovery and development outcomes that leave no one behind.
UNCTAD calls on countries to make digital data flow for the benefit of all

UNCTAD calls on countries to make digital data flow for the benefit of all

29 Sep 2021
A new approach is needed for countries to better harness data as a global public good.
Inequalities threaten wider divide as digital economy data flows surge

Inequalities threaten wider divide as digital economy data flows surge

29 Sep 2021
Large power imbalances stalk the growing digital economy as major platforms reinforce their positions in the global data value chain.
Boosting productive capacities only hope for least developed countries post COVID-19

Boosting productive capacities only hope for least developed countries post COVID-19

27 Sep 2021
Without better state capacity – ability to accomplish policy goals – the world’s poorest countries will remain on the margins of the global economy.