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A Caribbean disaster risk management expert talks about preparing the region's airports and seaports for climate change effects like more frequent and stronger hurricanes.

Decades in the making, the African Continental Free Trade Area creates a single market of 1.2 billion people.

Today UNCTAD, together with the World Bank Group, launched the UNCTAD-World Bank Responsible Agricultural Investment Knowledge Into Action Note Series in Washington D.C.

Mukhisa Kituyi was speaking at a business forum attended by Africa’s leaders a day before they sign into life the historic African Continental Free Trade Area

Experts at WTO workshop say that pro-women trade policies can boost jobs for women and overall growth – when used with the right domestic policies.

Huge gathering of experts in Geneva explores the ways in which information and communication technology can beat poverty, inequality, disease, hunger and climate change.

UNCTAD and other UN bodies present new work on tracking the billions stolen from the continent each year through tax avoidance and such illegal activities as drug trafficking.

Bhutan, Kiribati, São Tomé and Príncipe and Solomon Islands have been recommended for graduation from the special UN category for least developed countries.

World Consumer Rights Day provides the opportunity to reflect on the role of consumer protection in our efforts to end poverty in an economy that is increasingly digital.

Commission on the Status of Women speakers call for progressive trade deals, at event co-organized by UNCTAD.