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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Investment facilitation and digital government
Shaping an environmentally sustainable and inclusive digital future
Growth, Debt, and Climate: Realigning the Global Financial Architecture
Crisis-resilient development finance
The Potential of Africa to capture technology-intensive global supply chains
Towards a green and just transition
Opening Green Windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world
Inclusive diversification and energy transition
Latest publications
Publications
Compensation and Damages in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Proceedings
IIA Issues Note, No. 1, 2024
UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/INF/2024/3 - 09 Sep 2024
Synergistic linkages between green trade and sustainable development in Fiji
Green trade for sustainable development in Pacific small island developing States of the Melanesian Spearhead Group
UNCTAD/TCS/DITC/INF/2024/7 - 06 Sep 2024
Division on Investment and Enterprise: Results and Impact Report 2024
Investment for sustainable and inclusive development
UNCTAD/DIAE/INF/2024/1 - 04 Sep 2024
Série sur la gestion portuaire - Volume 12
Études de cas du réseau francophone sur la période 2021-2024
UNCTAD/DTL/TLB/2024/2 - 03 Sep 2024
UNCTAD Serie de gestión portuaria - Volumen 13
Estudios de caso de la red de habla hispana
UNCTAD/DTL/TLB/2024/1 - 23 Aug 2024
Policy briefs
Correspondent banking relationships and trade
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 115
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2024/1 - 16 Apr 2024
Climate-responsive central banking in the least developed countries
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 114
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2023/8 - 26 Dec 2023