Africa: Foreign investment hit record high in 2024.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )Foreign investment in Africa surged by 75% to reach an all-time high of $97 billion in 2024, bolstered by liberalization and facilitation efforts across the continent.
Global foreign direct investment falls for the second consecutive year, posing acute challenges to developing countries.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )UN Trade and Development alerts that uncertainty is affecting global investment and warns of the impact insufficient financing has on developing countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda.
Building Africa’s trade future, together ITC hosts Partnerships for Africa Day in Geneva to scale African-led trade solutions.
Stories & Blogs Africa Renewal (Article )As global trade becomes increasingly uncertain and fragmented, Africa’s 50 million small businesses—responsible for 80% of employment on the continent—face mounting pressure to compete, integrate, and thrive.
As the world looks away, women suffer in silence
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )Donors’ brutal funding cuts to humanitarian aid are having a devastating impact on programmes that specifically support women and girls at risk of gender-based violence.
ILO brings its social justice message to the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development.
Stories & Blogs ILO (News )The ILO Director-General will lead the Organization’s participation at the Conference, highlighting the importance of decent jobs and universal social protection for sustainable development.
Developing countries face record-high public debt burdens. Now is the time for reform.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )Rising debt burdens are threatening the world’s already fragile path to sustainable development, warns the UN ahead of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development..
Global public debt hit a record $102 trillion in 2024, striking developing countries hardest
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )Since 2010, developing countries’ debt has grown twice as fast as that of advanced economies. Today, 3.4 billion people live in countries spending more on interest payments than on health or education.
WHO supporting Guinea restore vaccine capacity after fire damage,
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )A crisis cell has been set up and contingency plans are being reinforced.
Refugees escaping Sudan face escalating hunger and malnutrition as food aid risks major reductions
Stories & Blogs WPF (News )The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that millions of Sudanese refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries risk plunging deeper into hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortages force drastic cuts to life saving food as
Fifteen Years, Fifteen Facts: Challenges and solutions for gender equality
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (News )UN Women marks its 15th anniversary by calling for bold action and push forward for gender equality.