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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.

The partnership will help improve women digital entrepreneurs' skills and ease their access to global trade.

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.

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

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.