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UNCTAD integrates blockchain technology in its technical assistance, capacity-building and research programmes.

A new UNCTAD database provides insight into the ocean economy’s sectors, main players and export opportunities for developing countries as they try to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Container shipping and global value chains have been disrupted and many countries have had to look further afield for suppliers of oil, gas and grain.

UNCTAD continues its long-standing commitment to help developing countries harness the power of entrepreneurship as a tool for sustainable and inclusive development.

The country’s support has helped build knowledge, capacity and consensus on how to harness the digital economy for development.

The five advocates are successful women entrepreneurs and pioneers in the digital economy.

UNCTAD reflects on the past two years of the pandemic to derive valuable lessons for the future.

By Paul Akiwumi, Director for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD

UNCTAD’s new Inclusive Growth Index shows countries’ performance across four pillars: economy, living conditions, equality and environment.

Written by: Roel Hoenders and Camille Bourgeon, Article No. 90 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°94 - Second Quarter 2022]