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Angola is developing a national strategy to foster entrepreneurship.The strategy will help diversify the country’s oil-dependent economy and tackle...

New trade measures are reshaping export competition, shifting advantages across global markets.

Unstable balance sheets are a threat to our collective financial stability There is an alarming tendency among the international community to regard debts in...

GDP alone gives an incomplete picture of development, especially amid rising inequality, climate change, and social challenges. The UN-led Beyond GDP...

The outcome document of the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (A/RES/73/291) encourages all actors to support initiatives...

UNCTAD is the focal point within the UN on competition and consumer protection issues, as contained in General Assembly resolutions 35/63 of 22 April 1980 for...

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A UN Trade and Development report shows data centres captured more than one fifth of global greenfield investment in 2025.

In recent years, developing countries have again been looking at how they can use development policies more effectively to diversify away from commodity...

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We are uniquely equipped to speed progress to sustainable economic growth that leaves no one behind.

Despite heightened trade tensions and policy volatility, global trade and growth demonstrated notable resilience in 2025.

2024 marked UN Trade and Development’s 60th anniversary. Six decades ago, our founders envisioned an institution that would ensure the fruits of globalization...

The $1.4 million contribution will help countries bolster official e-commerce statistics and digital economy policymaking over the next three years.

UNCTAD’s support to e-commerce strategy development helps countries to elaborate e-commerce strategies on the basis of comprehensive assessments, often in...

UNCTAD announced winners of the fourth edition of the ISAR Honours during the 7th World Investment Forum on 19 October.

We help countries attract foreign direct investment into areas where needs are greatest, to ensure prosperity for all.

We monitor the impact of the Israeli occupation on socioeconomic conditions in the Palestinian Territory.

As of 2024, global trade in goods and services combined is estimated to have reached approximately US$ 33 trillion.

The Transport Infrastructure and Services work programme supports developing countries in their effective integration into global and regional trade and value...

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Watch the UN Secretary-General's official statement to UNCTAD16.

This year, UNCTAD celebrates its sixtieth anniversary.

Without deliberate action, the integration of trade and digital transformation risks deepening existing divides rather than closing them.

We support least developed countries in achieving structural economic transformation, enhancing productive capacity, reducing poverty, and building resilience...

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The 16th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16) will take place from 20 to 23 October 2025 at the Palais des Nations in...

We work with governments to build green, blue and circular economies and ensure trade is part of the solution to the triple planetary crisis: climate change,...

A National Trade Facilitation Committee (NTFC) serves as a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together public and private sector representatives to...

We support countries in implementing sustainable and resilient freight transportation and logistics services to enhance trade.

This paper revisits the relationship between trade and poverty in developing countries using panel data and advanced estimation techniques that account for...

This report explores potential synergistic linkages between green trade and sustainable development in Solomon Islands and creates a matrix identifying these...

Strengthening knowledge and skills through innovative approaches for inclusive sustainable economic development.The TrainForTrade programme focuses on...

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) drain resources from development not only when they leave a country (outflows), but also when they enter a country (inflows),...

Fixing the foundations of the global financial system is essential to overcome years of under-delivery, debt dependence and eroding trust.

We work closely with civil society to support development-friendly globalization and the successful integration of developing countries into the global...

UNCTAD is at the forefront of promoting policy dialogue on the trade and gender nexus. Its contributions to the global debate on gender include policy briefs...

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), established in 1971 under the guidance of UNCTAD, has played a significant role in creating a favorable trading...

Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) are key drivers to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but STI capabilities in developing countries are...

Access to energy is essential to every aspect of people's lives. But hundreds of millions of people live without electricity — and that number rose last...

We work with landlocked developing countries to address the special trade and development challenges, arising from their lack of territorial access to the sea...

We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more than three-quarters of a century ago.

New rules are reshaping global export competition – and determining which countries gain ground.Trade policy changes can shift who wins and who loses in global...

The Pacific Digital Economy Programme (PDEP) is a joint programme between UNCDF, UNDP and UNCTAD, in support of the development of inclusive digital economies...

The eighth International Standards of Account and Reporting Honours award celebrates outstanding initiatives that advance sustainability and enhance corporate...

This study examines foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in Africa, highlighting FDI's crucial role in economic growth and the Sustainable Development...

The Trade and Development Board oversees the activities of the organization. It meets in Geneva up to three times a year in executive sessions to deal with...

Sep 26, 2022 - Fair Trade Week is an annual campaign that highlights fair trade and fair trade products for 10 days in early October.

After decades of growing inequalities, polarizing pressures and a pandemic that has destroyed jobs on an unprecedented scale, the economic recovery provides an...

Data for services trade and development policyThe World Trade Organization (WTO) will hold a Trade in Services for Development (TS4D) Conference on 3 and 4...

Welcome to the official corporate tourism trade website in Ireland. Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, provides a range of practical...

The 16th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16) was opened by the head of the delegation of Barbados, the host country of...

UNCTAD's work on measuring e-commerce and the digital economy aims to build the capacity of countries to produce official statistics on e-commerce and the...

This fact-finding and advisory missions focuses on the project's statistical component, building upon the preparatory work and data collection surveys...

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is the UN’s leading institution dealing with trade and development. It is a permanent intergovernmental body established by...

The Pacific Region is grappling with trade and economic challenges exacerbated by geographical isolation and vulnerability to disasters. While there have been...

E-commerce continues to grow in the global economy.

The 9th United Nations conference to review all aspects of the Set of multilaterally agreed equitable principles and rules for the control of restrictive...

Assisting local businesses to compete in regional or international markets including tender opportunities and providing grants.

In 2024, the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/79/1 requested the Commission on Science and Technology for Development to establish a...

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We promote gender mainstreaming as a key element to achieving inclusive and sustainable development.

The biennial forum will chart paths to more sustainable and resilient supply chains – a key step to ensuring that global trade fosters prosperity for...

UNCTAD eWeek is a leading, multi-stakeholder forum organized in collaboration with eTrade for all partners to discuss development opportunities and challenges...

Slower growth, rising protectionism and structural shifts in value chains, services and regulation are redefining trade flows, creating new risks and...

Stronger policy coordination and regional trade are urgently needed, with the world economy on a recessionary trajectory, driven by escalating trade tensions...

UNCTAD developed the first version of the Sustainable Development Finance Assessment Framework (SDFA Framework Mark I) as a tool for policymakers to assess...

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To foster prosperity for all, the world urgently needs to strategically align international investment and finance to where development needs are the greatest.

UNCTAD's eCommerce Week is the leading forum for Ministers, senior government officials, CEOs and other business representatives, international...

Discussions will explore how open regionalism can respond to the present trade challenges through offering the predictability and certainty needed for...

The accountability systemUNCTAD is part of the United Nations Secretariat and operates under the United Nations Secretariat accountability framework. Key...

This annual report provides a comprehensive and authoritative source of socio-economic analysis and data on the world´s most impoverished countries.

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Paragraph 70 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development announced the launch of a "Technology Facilitation Mechanism" (TFM) in order to support...

UNCTAD is the United Nations focal point on accounting and reporting issues, which are both critical for attracting investment and promoting financial...

Ministers and policymakers worldwide spell out bold actions to reverse stagnating investment flows and strengthen entrepreneurship as a driver of inclusive...

Latin America has a unique opportunity to lead reforms toward a fairer, more sustainable economy by harnessing its resources, renewable energy leadership, and...

Aug 23, 2025 - Learn how making trade easier directly supports sustainable development. A guide to creating a more equitable and greener global economy.

The global economy has shown resilience, but the outlook remains clouded by trade tensions, fiscal strains and persistent uncertainty. Growth is expected to...