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Foreign investment flows to structurally weak economies remain fragile in 2020

Foreign investment flows to structurally weak economies remain fragile in 2020

21 Jun 2021
Foreign direct investment remains stable in least developed countries, but contracts severely in landlocked developing nations and small island developing states.
Building productive capacities critical for least developed countries

Building productive capacities critical for least developed countries

21 Jun 2021
COVID-19 has heightened the need to boost productive capacities for socioeconomic recovery in the world’s poorest nations.
Vanuatu graduates from least developed country status

Vanuatu graduates from least developed country status

4 Dec 2020
Despite setbacks due to repeated natural disasters, the island nation has enjoyed steady economic growth since the mid-2000s.
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

3 Dec 2020
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

24 Nov 2020
A recent UNCTAD study identifies three ways smallholder farmers in the landlocked southeast Asian nation can boost earnings from their harvests.
COVID-19’s economic fallout will long outlive the health crisis, report warns

COVID-19’s economic fallout will long outlive the health crisis, report warns

19 Nov 2020
Inequalities and vulnerabilities risk worsening long after a vaccine becomes available. UNCTAD charts a roadmap for a more inclusive and better recovery, emphasizing the need to reshape global production networks.
COVID-19 and beyond: What role for LDCs?

COVID-19 and beyond: What role for LDCs?

12 Nov 2020
By Paul Akiwumi, Director for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD
Betting on the untapped potential of Angolan honey

Betting on the untapped potential of Angolan honey

5 Nov 2020
The government sees honey as a product that could help diversify the country’s oil-dependent economy and is working with UNCTAD and the European Union to improve production and boost exports.
How to beat the lack of data on illicit outflows draining Africa of capital and tax

How to beat the lack of data on illicit outflows draining Africa of capital and tax

29 Sep 2020
Written by Paul Akiwumi, Director for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD
When it rains it pours: COVID-19 exacerbates poverty risks in the poorest countries

When it rains it pours: COVID-19 exacerbates poverty risks in the poorest countries

4 May 2020
Written by Paul Akiwumi and Giovanni Valensisi, Division for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD