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
Geographical Indication Protection of Mozambique’s Cabrito de Tete (Tete Goat)
UNCTAD/ALDC/2023/1 - 01 Jun 2023
Facilitating Investment in the Sustainable Development Goals
Investment Advisory Series A, number 10
UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/2022/3 - 23 May 2023
Sustainability integration by public pension and sovereign wealth funds, 2022
UNCTAD/DIAE/2023/3 - 19 May 2023
Issues Arising from the Discussions of the Ninth Session of the Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Trade, Services and Development
UNCTAD/DITC/TSCE/INF/2023/1 - 16 May 2023
Supporting Arab countries in the Negotiations of Services for Sustainable Development
The Case of the State of Palestine and the Republic of Iraq
UNCTAD/TCS/DITC/INF/2023/1 - 14 May 2023
Formulating strategic policy responses to open green windows of opportunity
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 108 - 12 May 2023
Policy briefs
Formulating strategic policy responses to open green windows of opportunity
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 108 - 12 May 2023
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
Working Papers
Wealth Distribution, Income Inequality and Financial Inclusion: A Panel Data Analysis
Working Paper, No. 4
Authors: Patrick N. Osakwe, Olga Solleder.
UNCTAD/WP/2023/3 - 12 Apr 2023
International supply networks: A portrait of global trade patterns in four sectors
Working Paper, No. 3
Author: Alessandro Nicita.
UNCTAD/WP/2023/2 - 30 Mar 2023