Productive Capacities Index (PCI)

Countries can use the new generation Productive Capacities Index to look beyond gross domestic product as a metric for economic progress.

By Paul Akiwumi, Director for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD and Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework

By Paul Akiwumi and Chukwuka Onyekwena

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

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

Solving the challenges facing this diverse group of nations, which are home to three out of four people, is critical to putting the world on a more sustainable and inclusive post-COVID-19 development path.

The continent grows most of the world’s raw cashews but only processes a fraction of them, missing out on a wealth of opportunity offered by booming global demand.

The European Union has approved additional funds for a project supporting the African nation’s quest to diversify exports and reduce its dependency on oil for economic growth.

By Perks Master Ligoya, Ambassador of Malawi, and Paul Akiwumi, Director for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD

A new UNCTAD tool measures countries' capacity to achieve social and economic transformation and helps track their ability to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.