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.
Investment facilitation and digital government
Shaping an environmentally sustainable and inclusive digital future
Rethinking development in the age of discontent
Leveraging carbon markets for development
The Potential of Africa to capture technology-intensive global supply chains
Navigating maritime chokepoints
Opening Green Windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world
Inclusive diversification and energy transition
Making sense of non-tariff measures: A user’s guide to accessing and analysing the data
Technical and statistical report
UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2024/6 - 24 Dec 2024
Productive Capacities Development: Challenges and Opportunities - The Case of Ethiopia
Technical and statistical report
UNCTAD/ALDC/2024/3 - 23 Dec 2024
Report on the implementation of the Investment Policy Review of Sierra Leone
UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/2024/4 - 23 Dec 2024
Report of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enabling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustainable Development, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation, on its seventh session [ADVANCE COPY]
Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, 28 November 2024
TD/B/C.I/MEM.8/20 - 20 Dec 2024
Investment laws: Key trends and developments
Investment Policy Monitor, Issue No 29
UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/INF/2024/7 - 17 Dec 2024
Aligning carbon markets with Sustainable Development Goals in the least developed countries
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 116
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2024/2 - 02 Dec 2024
Correspondent banking relationships and trade
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 115
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2024/1 - 16 Apr 2024