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By Henrique Pacini, Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD, and Tze Ni Yeoh, Consultant, World Bank

Although developing countries attracted a record share of global foreign direct investment in 2020, finance for infrastructure and productive sectors fell significantly, weakening their COVID-19 recovery prospects.

Member states from across the world fete Mukhisa Kituyi for his stellar service and staunch support for the aspirations of the global south.

By Marisa Henderson, Chief of the Creative Economy Programme, and Amy Shelver, Public Information Officer, UNCTAD

By Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

Participants are using the new information and knowledge gained to improve their research on trade barriers and help governments devise better policies.

UNCTAD says uncertainty about the COVID-19 pandemic’s evolution and the global investment policy environment will continue to affect FDI flows in 2021. For developing countries, the prospects for 2021 are a major concern.

The funding will enable UNCTAD to build the capacity of stakeholders from the public and private sectors to implement trade facilitation reforms in the selected countries.

By Miho Shirotori and Taisuke Ito, UNCTAD; Yann Duval and Runqiu Du, ESCAP; Gabrielle Marceau, WTO

New funding will boost efforts to help developing countries better manage soaring debt levels and the resulting economic vulnerability, particularly in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.