The Trade and Development Report 2016 highlights the central role of industrialization, given the higher productivity of manufactures in relation to other sectors. Manufactures can also generate strong cross-sectoral linkages…

Discusses the role of frontier technologies in sustainable development. This report outlines the main features and the manifold ways in which they can accelerate development. It also identifies some potential…

Examines the new technologies and manufacturing trends that African countries need to embrace to allow viable local production, attractive domestic markets for foreign companies (including relocation of production to the…

Examines the possibility of frontier technologies, such as AI robotics and gene-editing, widening existing inequalities and creating new ones. The report argues that frontier technologies are essential for sustainable development…

Examines the nexus between technology in agriculture and trade from a gender perspective. This publication looks at the relationship between trade and gender as it explores the opportunities and challenges…

A much-needed new examination of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), fully covering its history and current activities.

In the aftermath of COVID-19, African countries will need to intensify their resource mobilization efforts to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. This report tackles the relationship between illicit financial…

Examines the potential implications of the transparency provisions in the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus for gender outcomes in the region of nine Pacific island countries (9PICs)…