After several decades of sustained progress, Bangladesh is looking to step up its economic model to ensure sustainable and smooth graduation from the least developed country (LDC) status – with support from UNCTAD and its global partners. The joint report entitled “Production Transform

Globally, around 1.0 million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction, and some estimates link global trade to nearly one-third of the species under threat. Coffee, chocolate and beef are just a few examples of products consumed daily across the globe that are linked to biodiver

When the Ever Given megaship blocked traffic in the Suez Canal for almost a week in March, it triggered a new surge in container spot freight rates, which had finally started to settle from the all-time highs reached during the Covid-19 pandemic. Shipping rates are a major component of trade costs

[As 15 nations on Sunday signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, one of the world's largest trade and investment pacts, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published an especial issue of its Investment Trend Monitor. It argued that RCEP could

The world should tackle hyper-inequality to build back a better global economy from the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s Trade and Development Report 2020. Of all the pre-existing conditions exposed by the Co

A bold targeted fiscal expansion, led by the advanced economies, is the only way to build a fair and resilient economic recovery from Covid-19, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s Trade and Development Report 2020. Public-debt-to-GDP ratios will increase subs

In the face of a deep global recession amid a still unchecked pandemic, the world needs a global recovery plan that can return even the most vulnerable countries to a stronger position than they were in before COVID-19, says United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD`s) Trade and De

The pandemic struck at a particularly distressing time for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Even before it hit, forecasts for the Palestinian economy in 2020 and 2021 were already bleak, with GDP per capita projected to decrease by 3.0 per cent to 4.5 per cent, according to the report. Hi