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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Featured report series
Investment facilitation and digital government
Shaping an environmentally sustainable and inclusive digital future
Rethinking development in the age of discontent
Leveraging carbon markets for development
The Potential of Africa to capture technology-intensive global supply chains
Navigating maritime chokepoints
Opening Green Windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world
Inclusive diversification and energy transition
Latest publications
Publications
Indirect taxation of e-commerce and digital trade: Implications for developing countries
Policy review
UNCTAD/DTL/ECDE/2024/2 - 06 Feb 2025
Leveraging the potential of sovereign investors for infrastructure investment in Africa
Technical and statistical report
UNCTAD/DIAE/2024/2 - 05 Feb 2025
Fiji ginger export guide: Green exports to foster sustainable development
Technical cooperation outcome
UNCTAD/TCS/DITC/INF/2025/1 - 04 Feb 2025
FDI derisking: Political risk insurance
Investment Policy Monitor, Issue No 30
UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/INF/2025/1 - 04 Feb 2025
Technology assessment in developing countries: An updated proposed methodology
Technical cooperation outcome
UNCTAD/TCS/DTL/INF/2024/6 - 30 Jan 2025
Report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development on its eighth session [ADVNCE COPY]
Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 25 to 27 November 2024
TD/B/EFD/8/3 - 29 Jan 2025
Policy briefs
Fostering environmentally sustainable electronic commerce
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 117
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2024/3 - 22 Jan 2025
Aligning carbon markets with Sustainable Development Goals in the least developed countries
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 116
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2024/2 - 02 Dec 2024