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Youth advocacy is on the rise, turbocharging a generational movement to fight the existential threat of climate change.

By UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and International Trade Centre Executive Director Pamela Coke-Hamilton

Despite successive waves of COVID-19, FDI flows to the region grew for the third consecutive year, with developing economies in Asia receiving 40% of global foreign investment inflows.

An UNCTAD report shows that adoption of policy measures and regulations dedicated to sustainable finance accelerated in 2021.

Developing countries could lose out on tax revenues due to capacity and legal constraints on the implementation of needed reforms, UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2022 says.

The continent saw foreign direct investment rebound strongly after the fall in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investment flows to the region reached $134 billion last year, up from $88 billion in 2020. Only a few economies suffered further declines in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Countries aim to protect the iconic queen conch, build a sustainable ocean economy and provide tangible benefits to people working in the region’s seafood value chains.

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

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