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Written by
Tim Unwin, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, and Emeritus Professor of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London

UNCTAD meets with the UN World Tourism Organization in Madrid to discuss the measurement of travel services in West African Monetary Union countries.

Global conference follows United Nations meeting on how the creative economy can help countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Women's economic empowerment is a crucial objective of the international development agenda but designing informed policies means developing better information.

Government officials, donors and partners meet to consider UNCTAD's appraisal of how e-commerce can boost Myanmar's economy and the next steps forward.

Over 70 policymakers, academics and equality advocates from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are taking a new UNCTAD course on trade and gender.

Written by Anila Premti, Article No. 25 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°80 - Fourth Quarter 2018]

Written by
Juliet Anammah, CEO Jumia Nigeria

The world has 'lost the plot' over the link between jobs and socio-economic progress, and investors need to back pro-employment policies, experts told the World Investment Forum.

The powerful alignment of family business and the sustainability agenda is revealed at a first-of-its-kind meeting at the United Nations during the World Investment Forum.