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The alliance’s founding members represent 7,000 special economic zones in 145 economies, employing over 100 million people.

Digital multinational enterprises are growing at breakneck speed and changing the nature of cross-border investment.

Port management has implications for economic growth, crisis response efforts, environmental protection and gender equality.

A river port in the landlocked nation that joined UNCTAD’s port management programme is helping importers and exporters overcome logistics challenges.

By Claudia Contreras, Jeanelle Clarke, Carlos Razo, UNCTAD Economists

A new agreement will bolster UNCTAD’s work to help ports in developing countries improve operations and speed up trade.

The world’s poorest nations face many obstacles, including soaring debt, export marginalization, energy poverty and climate vulnerability.

UNCTAD’s rapid assessment of the war’s impact on trade and development shows a rapidly worsening outlook for the world economy, with the situation especially alarming for African and least developed countries.

Written by: Vivek Srivastava, Article No. 85 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°93 - First Quarter 2022]

Empowered by UNCTAD’s training, she endured pandemic-induced disruptions with persistence, hard work and business acumen, emerging stronger from the crisis.