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
From global pandemic to prosperity for all: avoiding another lost decade
Investing in sustainable recovery
Productive capacities for the new decade
Tackling Illicit Financial Flows for Sustainable Development in Africa
Shipping in times of the Covid-19 pandemic
Value Creation and Capture: Implications for Developing Countries
Catching technological waves: Innovation with equity
Escaping from the Commodity Dependence Trap through Technology and Innovation
Latest publications
A European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Implications for developing countries
UNCTAD/OSG/INF/2021/2 - 14 Jul 2021
Achieving graduation with momentum through the development of productive capacities
UNCTAD/ALDC/2021/4 - 13 Jul 2021
Commodities and Development Report 2021
Escaping from the Commodity Dependence Trap through Technology and Innovation
UNCTAD/DITC/COM/2021/1 - 07 Jul 2021
Harnessing blockchain for sustainable development: prospects and challenges
UNCTAD/DTL/STICT/2021/3 - 25 Jun 2021
Latest policy briefs
Placing productive capacities at the heart of least developed countries’ development policy and strategy
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 86
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2021/4 - 16 Jun 2021
Small island developing states: maritime transport in the era of a disruptive pandemic - empower states to fend against disruptions to maritime transportation systems, their lifeline to the world
Policy Brief No. 85
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2021/3 - 03 May 2021
Container shipping in times of COVID-19: Why freight rates have surged and implications for policy makers
Policy Brief No. 84
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2021/2 - 19 Apr 2021
Towards a new trade agenda for the right to food
Policy Brief No. 83
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2021/1 - 24 Feb 2021
Making Trade Agreements Work For Gender Equality - Data and Statistics
Policy Brief No. 81
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2020/5 - 18 Jun 2020
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