We believe good policy drives progress. By providing evidence-based policy analysis, we help countries to improve economic, social and environmental outcomes.
Our research provides authoritative data and analysis on trade, investment, finance and technology. And it offers solutions to the major challenges facing developing countries, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable nations.
Beyond tailored analysis and policy recommendations, our research has also generated global standards that govern responsible sovereign lending and borrowing, investment, entrepreneurship, competition and consumer protection and trade rules.
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Flagship reports
Development prospects in a fractured world: Global disorder and regional responses
Investing in sustainable energy for all
The low-carbon transition and its daunting implications for structural transformation
Rethinking the Foundations of Export Diversification in Africa – The Catalytic Role of Business and Financial Services
Navigating stormy waters
Cross-border data flows and development: For whom the data flow
Opening Green Windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world
Escaping from the Commodity Dependence Trap through Technology and Innovation
Publications
Review of 2021 investor-state arbitration decisions: insights for IIA reform
IIA Issues Note, No. 1, 2023
UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/INF/2023/3 - 12 Jul 2023
UNCTAD-OECD-WTO Report on G20 Trade and Investment Measures (29th Report, Joint Summary)
04 Jul 2023
Twin transition for global value chains: Green and digital
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 111
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2023/5 - 03 Jul 2023
Policy briefs
Twin transition for global value chains: Green and digital
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 111
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2023/5 - 03 Jul 2023
Industrial hemp: An old crop in a modern era
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 110
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2023/4 - 20 Jun 2023
Working Papers
Wealth Distribution, Income Inequality and Financial Inclusion: A Panel Data Analysis
Working Paper, No. 4
Authors: Patrick N. Osakwe, Olga Solleder.
UNCTAD/WP/2023/3 - 12 Apr 2023
International supply networks: A portrait of global trade patterns in four sectors
Working Paper, No. 3
Author: Alessandro Nicita.
UNCTAD/WP/2023/2 - 30 Mar 2023