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by Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Jacob A. Reinhart, Richard T. Watson, Jillian Carson-Jackson, Sukhjit Singh, Article No. 105 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°98 - Second Quarter 2023]

Following two consecutive quarters of decline, global trade in goods and services rebounded between January and March 2023. But prospects for the rest of the year are bleak.

Countries can use the new generation Productive Capacities Index to look beyond gross domestic product as a metric for economic progress.

Palestinian professionals and policymakers equipped to use UNCTAD’s updated model for economic policy planning.

The high-level forum will focus on ways to make supply chains more efficient, resilient and sustainable.

By Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of the Globalization and Development Strategies Division, UNCTAD

An UNCTAD assessment shows the country has made progress in laying the foundations of a solid digital ecosystem and charts a path to overcome the challenges ahead.

UNCTAD and its partners continue to work with several developing countries to produce official data on selected types of illicit financial flows.

System enhances the collection and processing of statistics on international trade in services to better inform policymaking in eight African countries.

With support from UNCTAD and partners, the Caribbean nation has revved up efforts to leverage its rich aquatic resources to promote sustainable value chains and trade.