We believe good policy drives progress. By providing evidence-based policy analysis, we help countries to improve economic, social and environmental outcomes.
Our research provides authoritative data and analysis on trade, investment, finance and technology. And it offers solutions to the major challenges facing developing countries, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable nations.
Beyond tailored analysis and policy recommendations, our research has also generated global standards that govern responsible sovereign lending and borrowing, investment, entrepreneurship, competition and consumer protection and trade rules.
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Flagship reports
Development prospects in a fractured world: Global disorder and regional responses
International tax reforms and sustainable investment
The low-carbon transition and its daunting implications for structural transformation
Rethinking the Foundations of Export Diversification in Africa – The Catalytic Role of Business and Financial Services
Navigating stormy waters
Cross-border data flows and development: For whom the data flow
Opening Green Windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world
Escaping from the Commodity Dependence Trap through Technology and Innovation
Latest publications
Publications
Technology and Innovation Report 2023
Opening Green Windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world
UNCTAD/TIR/2022 - 16 Mar 2023
Making trade work for climate change mitigation: The case of technical regulations
UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2022/7 - 14 Mar 2023
Policy briefs
Trade policies for the low-carbon transition need to take into account least developed country structural features
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 107
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2023/1 - 20 Jan 2023
Financial services: Unlocking the potential for export diversification
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 106
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2022/14 - 12 Dec 2022
Working Papers
Understanding the drivers of income inequality within and across countries: Some new evidence
UNCTAD Working Paper, No. 2
Authors: Patrick N. Osakwe, Olga Solleder.
UNCTAD/WP/2023/1 - 27 Jan 2023
Trade policy and trade resilience during the 2020 trade downturn
UNCTAD Working Paper No. 1
Authors: Alessandro Nicita, Enxhi Tresa.
UNCTAD/WP/2022/1 - 01 Dec 2022