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Breaking the mould

Breaking the mould

By Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD

Germany renews support for UNCTAD’s e-commerce and digital economy work

Germany renews support for UNCTAD’s e-commerce and digital economy work

The country committed €500,000 to bolster the organization’s research, technical cooperation and consensus-building activities aimed at ensuring all nations can seize digital trade opportunities.

Ports of tomorrow: Measuring digital maturity to empower sustainable port operations and business ecosystems

Ports of tomorrow: Measuring digital maturity to empower sustainable port operations and business ecosystems

Written by: Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher et al., Article No. 80 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°92 - Fourth Quarter 2021]

Financing a global climate plan

Financing a global climate plan

By Rebeca Grynspan, UNCTAD Secretary-General

Quantifying the environmental benefits from paperless trade facilitation

Quantifying the environmental benefits from paperless trade facilitation

Written by: Yann Duval, Celine Bacrot and Simon Hardy, Article No. 79 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°92 - Fourth Quarter 2021]

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

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

Botswana gears up to diversify its economy by moving from mining minerals to mining knowledge.

Trade data for 2020 confirm growing importance of digital technologies during COVID-19

Trade data for 2020 confirm growing importance of digital technologies during COVID-19

ICT services grew to almost 14% of total services’ exports worldwide in 2020, while the long-term upward trend in digitally deliverable services trade rapidly accelerated.

World’s top investment forum pitches sustainable investing as crucial for COVID-19 recovery

World’s top investment forum pitches sustainable investing as crucial for COVID-19 recovery

For developing countries in particular, initiatives to promote new investments in industry can complement COVID-19 recovery efforts and produce structural changes.

Reignite investment in developing countries for a sustainable COVID-19 recovery, leaders say

Reignite investment in developing countries for a sustainable COVID-19 recovery, leaders say

Public and private investors urged to invest in a green, inclusive, resilient and sustainable future for all.