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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.

The UNCTAD-led eTrade for all initiative marks a new milestone with the enrolment of the International Chamber of Commerce as its principal private-sector counterpart.

Better global governance of digital tools and platforms – and the data they produce – is urgently needed to avoid further fragmentation of the internet and wider inequalities.

The pandemic's impact on digital transformations and how e-commerce and associated digital technologies can contribute to the recovery are in focus during the UNCTAD eCommerce Week 2022 from 25 to 29 April.

UNCTAD's annual event highlights the urgent need for global data and digital governance to help developing countries access the benefits of the soaring digital economy.

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.

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]