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Productive transformation must be inclusive and sustainable to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid a “lost decade” of development.

By Alessandro Nicita, Ralf Peters and Carlos Razo, UNCTAD

UNCTAD brings together various stakeholders to discus how special economic zones contribute to economic diversification and sustainable development in Africa.

The funding will make the conference more inclusive and enhance the ownership and practical value of the negotiated UNCTAD15 outcome.

Without better state capacity – ability to accomplish policy goals – the world’s poorest countries will remain on the margins of the global economy.

By Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, Niematallah E. A. Elamin and Axel Marx

By Isabelle Durant, Acting Secretary-General, UNCTAD

The mechanism could help avoid “carbon leakage”, but its impact on climate change would be limited – only a 0.1% drop in global CO2 emissions – with higher trade costs for developing countries.

Economic losses are mounting in developing countries due to the absence of widespread COVID-19 vaccinations.

COVID-19 has heightened the need to boost productive capacities for socioeconomic recovery in the world’s poorest nations.