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Empowering consumers: What’s next for Angola.

Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )

A new study led by UN Trade and Development helps set the stage for major reforms to strengthen consumer protection in the African nation.

Investing in rural economies can alleviate impact of high food prices on the world’s poorest people.

Stories & Blogs IFAD (Press Release )

With high food prices affecting people around the world, especially in low-income countries, Alvaro Lario, President of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), highlighted the urgency of making strategic investments in agriculture

UN Women Executive Director and EESC President sign landmark declaration to advance global gender equality during HLPF in New York.

Stories & Blogs UN Women (Statement )

The Declaration reaffirms both institutions’ shared and unwavering commitment to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls across the globe.

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.

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..