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Seaweed holds huge potential to bring economic, climate and gender benefits
30 Apr 2024
The ocean crop can significantly improve sustainable livelihoods for small-scale farmers and harvesters and empower women in coastal communities, particularly in Asia and Africa.
Customs software upgrade set to bolster trade for developing countries
29 Apr 2024
ASYCUDAWorld, a flagship software backed by UN Trade and Development, introduces cutting-edge capabilities to help improve customs management across more than 100 economies.
Red Sea Crisis and implications for trade facilitation in Africa
17 Apr 2024
Written by Céline Bacrot and Marc-Antoine Faure, Article No. 118 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°101 - First Quarter 2024]
Saudi Arabia bolsters first-ever Global Supply Chain Forum
11 Apr 2024
Set for 21 to 24 May, the forum will help forge more sustainable and resilient global production and distribution networks facing unprecedented challenges.
Inaugural Global Supply Chain Forum gets funding boost from Canada
9 Apr 2024
Set for 21 to 24 May, the forum seeks to forge more sustainable and resilient global production and distribution networks facing unprecedented challenges.
Regional analysis of Liner Shipping Connectivity: What does the revised LSCI reveal?
2 Apr 2024
Written by Thanos Pallis, Theo Notteboom and Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Article No. 117 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°101 - First Quarter 2024]
Riding the circular wave: Entrepreneurs tackle the waste crisis, redefine economies
28 Mar 2024
Start-ups around the world are leading the charge to reuse and recycle towards a more circular economy. UNCTAD explores best practices and policy options to accelerate this movement.
Advancing shared prosperity through biodiversity-friendly trade
27 Mar 2024
With the right policy and governance approach, sustainable trade can flourish and, in turn, nourish the very biodiversity on which it relies.
Unprecedented shipping disruptions raise risk to global trade, UNCTAD warns
22 Feb 2024
Key shipping routes in the Red Sea, Black Sea and Panama Canal are simultaneously under threat, with far-reaching implications for inflation and food and energy security.
Red Sea, Black Sea and Panama Canal: UNCTAD raises alarm on global trade disruptions
26 Jan 2024
The organization warns that escalating attacks on ships in the Red Sea are adding strain to shipping routes already hit by conflict and climate change.
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