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Least developed countries cannot afford to strand their assets, given their development challenges

Least developed countries cannot afford to strand their assets, given their development challenges

26 Nov 2021
By Paul Akiwumi, Director for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD
How to build concerted multilateral action on plastic pollution

How to build concerted multilateral action on plastic pollution

22 Nov 2021
By David Vivas-Eugui, Legal Officer, and Henrique Pacini, Economist, UNCTAD
Least developed countries at 50: Mid-life crisis or resilient maturity?

Least developed countries at 50: Mid-life crisis or resilient maturity?

18 Nov 2021
By Rolf Traeger, Chief, Least Developed Countries Section, UNCTAD
Putting down long-term roots in Angola’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

Putting down long-term roots in Angola’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

28 Oct 2021
A national trainer programme is increasing the local ownership and sustainability of an EU-funded UNCTAD project in the southern African nation.
UNCTAD15: Building resilience key to prosperity for all in post-COVID-19 world

UNCTAD15: Building resilience key to prosperity for all in post-COVID-19 world

8 Oct 2021
Productive transformation must be inclusive and sustainable to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid a “lost decade” of development.
UNCTAD15: An urgent call for action to avoid global failure

UNCTAD15: An urgent call for action to avoid global failure

5 Oct 2021
World leaders say inaction over the climate crisis, COVID-19 and the plight of the world’s most vulnerable is at our own peril. Action must incorporate trade’s best aspects.
Canada funds participation of least developed countries in UNCTAD15

Canada funds participation of least developed countries in UNCTAD15

28 Sep 2021
The funding will make the conference more inclusive and enhance the ownership and practical value of the negotiated UNCTAD15 outcome.
Boosting productive capacities only hope for least developed countries post COVID-19

Boosting productive capacities only hope for least developed countries post COVID-19

27 Sep 2021
Without better state capacity – ability to accomplish policy goals – the world’s poorest countries will remain on the margins of the global economy.
We urgently need to kickstart tourism’s recovery but COVID-19 crisis offers an opportunity to rethink it

We urgently need to kickstart tourism’s recovery but COVID-19 crisis offers an opportunity to rethink it

3 Aug 2021
By Isabelle Durant, Acting Secretary-General, UNCTAD
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.