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We help developing countries benefit from the global economy more fairly and effectively, providing data and analysis, facilitating consensus-building and offering technical assistance on issues related to trade and development.
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Cleaner gas could bridge transition to greener energy, experts say
24 Apr 2018
Though unpopular, fossil fuels will remain necessary for decades, experts say at UNCTAD's Global Commodities Forum. The energy transition must therefore include the less dirty alternative of natural gas.
Skills development in the mining sector: Making more strategic use of local content
20 Apr 2018
Written by Isabelle Ramdoo Senior Associate and Development Economist with the Intergovernmental Forum in Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development.
Why anticipating the need for skills helps spread benefits of trade and growth — Q&A with Con Gregg of ILO
20 Apr 2018
Taking a sectoral approach to skills development for tradable sectors and for their domestic supply chains is a key means to drive export growth, economic diversification and decent jobs.
Top Angolan officials join African Carbon Forum 2018
13 Apr 2018
Governments, civil society andThe mission to Nairobi came as part of a new EU-UNCTAD project to help Angola diversify its economy away from oil exports
Upskilling workers can cut dependence on commodity exports for more than 90 countries
11 Apr 2018
Governments, civil society and private sector stakeholders will gather in Geneva for the Global Commodities Forum 2018 from 23–24 April 2018.
Moving past photo ops to make trade policy more gender responsive
20 Mar 2018
Experts at WTO workshop say that pro-women trade policies can boost jobs for women and overall growth – when used with the right domestic policies.
Trade deals must work for rural women say participants at key UN session
14 Mar 2018
Commission on the Status of Women speakers call for progressive trade deals, at event co-organized by UNCTAD.
Borderline: Private sector players “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality” to mark International Women’s Day
8 Mar 2018
UNCTAD’s Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative joins partners to raise awareness on the role listed companies can play in women’s economic empowerment.
Borderline: Reliable data on women is crucial to measuring empowerment and equality
6 Mar 2018
The importance of trade for development – and the meaning of gender in it – can be determined by crunching sex-disaggregated data.
Borderline: Women in informal trade want to do business legally and become more prosperous
5 Mar 2018
UNCTAD travelled to half a dozen frontier communities in Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania to find out more about women living on the borderline.
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