United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will open the fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD15) in Bridgetown, Barbados on 4 October 2021.
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Trade in goods during the first quarter of 2021 was higher than the pre-pandemic level, but trade in services remained substantially below averages.
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is set to bring together experts to explore how science, technology and innovation (STI) can contribute to a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The success of African Continental Free Trade Area, which goes operational on Friday January 1, 2021, depends on the strong partnership between the private sector and the public sectors, says a UN official. “For the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to deliver on its promises, the private and public sectors on the continent must […]
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Efforts to rebuild the economies of the world’s poorest nations postpandemic will fall significantly short unless their productive capacities are drastically improved, according to UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2020.
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Global e-commerce sales grew 13% in 2017, hitting an estimated $29 trillion, according to the latest numbers released today by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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Ethiopia’s online investment guide, iGuide, which seeks to help investors discover opportunities in the country, was officially unveiled in Addis Ababa.
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Mauritius has been ranked the most prepared country in Africa for shopping online, according to UNCTAD’s Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index for 2018.
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From Zambia to Afghanistan, governments in the world’s most disadvantaged countries must prioritize dynamic enterprises and enact policies to help them thrive, create jobs, innovate and transform the economy, according to a new UN report.
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The international political climate may be turning against globalization and threatening economic growth, but there is still a chance to channel money into sectors that can boost prosperity in poor countries, political and corporate leaders said.
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Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 41% in the first half of 2018, to an estimated $470 billion from $800 billion in the same period in 2017 .
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More than 5,000 participants from 160 countries will meet in Geneva to thrash out major new investment-for-development initiatives at UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum 2018 in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland from 22–26 October.
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) announces the finalists of the sixth Empretec Women in Business Awards.
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Alibaba Business School and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) brought 29 young entrepreneurs from 11 countries across Africa to the Alibaba campus in Hangzhou, China for the third eFounders Fellowship cohort.
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