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UNCTAD eCommerce Week, taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, on 10-14 December, is being held "in Africa, for Africa and by Africa" for the first time.

About 80% of world trade is carried by sea, but the maritime industry handling these goods is on the frontline of climate woes, unless it adapts - fast.

When you shop on the internet or receive goods and services online free of charge in exchange for your personal data, you still have rights as a consumer.

​Measurement of the Sustainable Development Goals indicators falls squarely on the statistical community – but what does this mean?

Cosmopolitan and well-located Lebanon aims to boost employment and drive development of the country's information economy through foreign investment.

Newly released UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2018 offers up-to-date, reliable trade figures in an era of uncertainty.

A decade after the African island nation graduated from least developed country status, it now seeks to diversify foreign investment flows and strengthen local producer linkages.

The World Alliance for Efficient Solutions and UNCTAD plan to introduce innovative renewable technologies to solve Africa's huge electricity deficit.

A burgeoning global services sector has Paraguay interested in expanding its own to create jobs and growth.

National trade facilitation committees can make the dream of seamless African trade a reality, experts tell Addis Ababa forum on easing the flow of goods on the continent.