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Boosting productive capacities is critical for Zambia’s graduation from least developed country status

Boosting productive capacities is critical for Zambia’s graduation from least developed country status

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

Transport connectivity key to enhancing productive capacities in landlocked developing countries

Transport connectivity key to enhancing productive capacities in landlocked developing countries

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

Bridging transport connectivity divides crucial to enhance productive capacities in landlocked developing countries

Bridging transport connectivity divides crucial to enhance productive capacities in landlocked developing countries

Written by: By Paul Akiwumi, Article No. 86 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°93 - First Quarter 2022]

Foreign investment flows to structurally weak economies remain fragile in 2020

Foreign investment flows to structurally weak economies remain fragile in 2020

Foreign direct investment remains stable in least developed countries, but contracts severely in landlocked developing nations and small island developing states.

Improve productive capacities in the world’s poorest countries for stronger recovery, UNCTAD says

Improve productive capacities in the world’s poorest countries for stronger recovery, UNCTAD says

The COVID-19 economic crisis is forecast to reverse years of painstaking development progress in education and nutrition, and to pull 32 million people back into extreme poverty.

Boosting incomes and reducing vulnerabilities of maize farmers in Laos

Boosting incomes and reducing vulnerabilities of maize farmers in Laos

A recent UNCTAD study identifies three ways smallholder farmers in the landlocked southeast Asian nation can boost earnings from their harvests.

Landlocked central Asian nations show potential beyond commodities

Landlocked central Asian nations show potential beyond commodities

An UNCTAD study highlights opportunities for Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Turkmenistan to diversify their exports and transform their commodity-driven economies.

COVID-19: UN calls on governments to help landlocked neighbours

COVID-19: UN calls on governments to help landlocked neighbours

Well-functioning transit transport services and procedures are essential to ensure people in landlocked developing countries have timely access to medical products and basic goods during and after the crisis.

Escaping commodity trap critical for landlocked developing countries

Escaping commodity trap critical for landlocked developing countries

Promoting structural transformation and productive capacities, including economic diversification, can help countries overcome disadvantages.

Productive capacity, diversification needed to boost growth in Landlocked Developing Countries

There are structural hurdles to unlocking growth in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), a high-level meeting on investment in LLDCs heard on the final day of UNCTAD's World Investment Forum at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 16 October.