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It’s time to put productive capacities at the heart of every development strategy

It’s time to put productive capacities at the heart of every development strategy

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

Building socio-economic resilience in Nigeria by fostering productive capacities

Building socio-economic resilience in Nigeria by fostering productive capacities

By Paul Akiwumi and Chukwuka Onyekwena

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

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

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

It’s time to move beyond a debt moratorium and finance productive capacities in least developed countries

It’s time to move beyond a debt moratorium and finance productive capacities in least developed countries

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

Debt relief and productive capacities key to recovery in middle-income countries

Debt relief and productive capacities key to recovery in middle-income countries

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.

Cashing in on cashews: Africa must add value to its nuts

Cashing in on cashews: Africa must add value to its nuts

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.

EU renews support for UNCTAD’s work on productive capacities in Angola

EU renews support for UNCTAD’s work on productive capacities in Angola

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.

Building productive capacities can avert a lost decade in the poorest countries

Building productive capacities can avert a lost decade in the poorest countries

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

Productive capacities index helps countries build economic resilience

Productive capacities index helps countries build economic resilience

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.

Investment decline in productive assets spells trouble for poorer nations

Investment decline in productive assets spells trouble for poorer nations

Although developing countries attracted a record share of global foreign direct investment in 2020, finance for infrastructure and productive sectors fell significantly, weakening their COVID-19 recovery prospects.