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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Featured report series
Investment facilitation and digital government
Shaping an environmentally sustainable and inclusive digital future
Growth, Debt, and Climate: Realigning the Global Financial Architecture
Crisis-resilient development finance
The Potential of Africa to capture technology-intensive global supply chains
Towards a green and just transition
Opening Green Windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world
Inclusive diversification and energy transition
Latest publications
Publications
Voluntary sustainability standards and sustainable development due diligence
The evolving landscape of sustainable trade
UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2024/3 - 14 Aug 2024
South-South trade in the marine fisheries and aquaculture sectors
GSTP Technical Note
UNCTAD/TCS/DITC/INF/2024/6 - 06 Aug 2024
Report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy on its twenty-second session [ADVANCE COPY]
Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 3 to 5 July 2024
TD/B/C.I/CLP/77 - 05 Aug 2024
The impact of non-tariff measures on women’s e-commerce businesses in developing countries
UNCTAD/DITC/2024/1 - 05 Aug 2024
Policy briefs
Correspondent banking relationships and trade
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 115
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2024/1 - 16 Apr 2024
Climate-responsive central banking in the least developed countries
UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 114
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2023/8 - 26 Dec 2023