South-South cooperation

We help countries in the global south harness the opportunities to trade and exchange resources, technology and knowledge between them.

News

African representatives learn from India's experience turning cotton bi-products into clean energy and jobs

South-South cooperation offers solutions in solidarity for global challenges

Bolder cooperation and solidarity is key for developing countries to tackle the combined effects of the COVID-19 crisis, the war in Ukraine and the climate emergency.

12 Sep 2022

A picture of Martha Maocha, who runs a detergent manufacturing company in Harare, Zimbabwe

Regional integration offers path to resilient future, UNCTAD15 hears

As multilateralism fails to provide many developing countries with the tools they need to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, regional cooperation offers hope to building back better.

7 Oct 2021

Green and yellow rice fields in Thailand

Developing countries use space technology to combat food insecurity

UNCTAD fosters South-South cooperation to build developing countries’ know-how on using satellite data to monitor crop conditions for better agricultural productivity.

11 Jun 2021

'Asian century' won’t come until global governance becomes more inclusive

By Dawei Wang, Economist, UNCTAD

10 May 2021

Recent publications

South-South cooperation for climate adaptation and sustainable development

China's structural transformation what can developing countries learn?

South-South Cooperation at the time of COVID-19: Building solidarity among developing countries

Energizing South-South Trade: The Global System of Trade Preferences Among Developing Countries

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Projects

Promoting economic diversification and resilience in Barbados

Developing programmes to build productive capacities and enhance linkages with China

South-South Integration and the SDGs

Development policies for sustainable economic growth in Southern Africa

Events and Meetings

Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enabling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustainable Development, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation, fifth session

26 - 27 Oct 2022

Geneva, Switzerland

UNCTAD side-event at the Global South-South Development Expo 2022

13 Sep 2022

Bangkok, Thailand

UNCTAD Thematic Solutions Forum at the Global South-South Development Expo 2022

12 Sep 2022

Online and Bangkok, Thailand

Webinar: Measuring South-South cooperation in the context of SDG indicator 17.3.1

19 Jul 2022

Online

Documents and Publications

South-South cooperation for climate adaptation and sustainable development

UNCTAD/TCS/GDS/INF/2022/1 - 05 Sep 2022

English

Regional solutions for inclusive and sustainable development

TD/B/C.I/MEM.8/14 - 01 Sep 2022 - 3

China's structural transformation what can developing countries learn?

UNCTAD/GDS/2022/1 - 09 Mar 2022

English

South-South Cooperation at the time of COVID-19: Building solidarity among developing countries

Trade and Development Report 2020 Update (May 2020)

UNCTAD/GDS/INF/2020/4 - 29 May 2020

English