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
Investing in sustainable energy for all
The low-carbon transition and its daunting implications for structural transformation
The Potential of Africa to capture technology-intensive global supply chains
Towards a green and just transition
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
Investment Facilitation in International Investment Agreements: Trends and Policy Options
IIA Issues Note, No. 3, 2023
UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/INF/2023/5 - 25 Sep 2023
Policy briefs
Twin transition for global value chains: Green and digital
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 111
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2023/5 - 03 Jul 2023
Industrial hemp: An old crop in a modern era
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 110
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2023/4 - 20 Jun 2023