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UNCTAD awards agencies for promoting investment in health and the blue economy

UNCTAD awards agencies for promoting investment in health and the blue economy

19 Oct 2021
Investment promotion agencies form Costa Rica, Mauritius, the Netherlands the Republic of Korea and Seychelles are honoured during the 7th World Investment Forum.
COVID-19 recovery must change the investment game, says UNCTAD chief

COVID-19 recovery must change the investment game, says UNCTAD chief

19 Oct 2021
Governments need to create pro-investment environments for business models that integrate social, environmental and health imperatives, world investment forum hears.
UNCTAD15: Policies are critical to harnessing frontier technologies for good

UNCTAD15: Policies are critical to harnessing frontier technologies for good

8 Oct 2021
Good policy choices and actions will make the difference in steering technological change towards economic recovery and development outcomes that leave no one behind.
International trade is back, but not for all

International trade is back, but not for all

6 Oct 2021
By Alessandro Nicita, Ralf Peters and Carlos Razo, UNCTAD
UNCTAD calls on countries to make digital data flow for the benefit of all

UNCTAD calls on countries to make digital data flow for the benefit of all

29 Sep 2021
A new approach is needed for countries to better harness data as a global public good.
Inequalities threaten wider divide as digital economy data flows surge

Inequalities threaten wider divide as digital economy data flows surge

29 Sep 2021
Large power imbalances stalk the growing digital economy as major platforms reinforce their positions in the global data value chain.
Special economic zones drive economic diversification in Africa

Special economic zones drive economic diversification in Africa

28 Sep 2021
UNCTAD brings together various stakeholders to discus how special economic zones contribute to economic diversification and sustainable development in Africa.
Minding the gap to foster better trade for sustainable development

Minding the gap to foster better trade for sustainable development

23 Aug 2021
By Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, Niematallah E. A. Elamin and Axel Marx
For women in e-commerce, ‘entrepreneurship means freedom’

For women in e-commerce, ‘entrepreneurship means freedom’

11 Aug 2021
Entrepreneurship can mean more freedom for women according to the first Latin-American advocate of eTrade for All, an initiative developed by UNCTAD to expand and promote the digital economy, especially in low and middle-income countries.
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