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
Catching technological waves: Innovation with equity
Escaping from the Commodity Dependence Trap through Technology and Innovation
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
Latest publications
Fostering Women Entrepreneurship in the Digital Economy: Insights from UNCTAD’s eTrade for Women Advocates (2019-2021 Cohort)
UNCTAD/DTL/ECDE/2022/3 - 08 Dec 2022
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
Latest policy briefs
Tackling debt and climate challenges in tandem: A policy agenda
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 104
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2022/12 - 17 Nov 2022
The cost of doing too little too late: How cryptocurrencies can undermine domestic resource mobilization in developing countries
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 102
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2022/10 - 10 Aug 2022
Climate-resilience of seaports: Adequate finance is critical for developing countries but remains a major challenge
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 103
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2022/11 - 12 Jul 2022
Public payment systems in the digital era: Responding to the financial stability and security-related risks of cryptocurrencies
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 101
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2022/9 - 22 Jun 2022
All that glitters is not gold: The high cost of leaving cryptocurrencies unregulated
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 100
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2022/8 - 13 Jun 2022