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WORLD FAMILY PLANNING 2022

World Family Planning 2022

Meeting the Changing Needs for Family Planning: Contraceptive Use by Age and Method

13 Mar 2023
The Programme of Action of the International conference on Population and Development (ICPD), adopted by 179 Governments in Cairo and reaffirmed by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, emphasizes equality in access to “reproductive health care, including family planning and sexual health ...
MADE BY AFRICA

Made by Africa

Creating Value through Integration

13 Jan 2023
Pharmaceuticals, baby food, cotton clothing and cars are the four focus value chains of this report. Together they are poised to increase intraregional trade in Africa, reduce imports, diversify economies and create jobs for women and youth. The sectors were selected from 94 promising value chain...
TRNSPRT TRADE FACLTATN SERIES 19

National Trade Facilitation Committees in the Quest for Sustainability

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 19

Series:
Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
20 Jan 2023
National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) are the coordinating bodies for trade facilitation initiatives at national level. They have existed in different forms in a limited number of countries since the 1950s. This report provides an update to previous UNCTAD studies on NTFCs. It is the mos...
WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Women in Business

Building Purpose-Driven Enterprise Amid Crises

9 Dec 2022
A third of all entrepreneurs in the world are women. Their contribution to development is clear: as their business grow, they inspire, create jobs, and offer themselves, their families, and their communities a chance for a better, more inclusive future. But a third is still too low and women busi...
CREATIVE ECONOMY OUTLOOK 2022

Creative Economy Outlook 2022: Overview

The International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development: Pathway to Resilient Creative Industries

9 Dec 2022
The report looks at the current state of the creative economy. It examines the evolving definition of the creative economy and its contribution to sustainable development. Based on a 2021 UNCTAD survey, the report shows how countries govern and promote their creative economies and what national s...
MIPAA/RIS+20 YRS ACT UNECE

MIPAA/RIS+20 UNECE

20 Years of Action Towards Creating Societies for All Ages in the UNECE Region

17 Oct 2022
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA, 2002), the report provides an overview of the key developments in ageing-related policy in the UNECE region, progress made over the past 20 years, gaps and challenges that remain, and directions f...
WORLD SOCIAL REPORT 2023

World Social Report 2023

Leaving No One Behind in an Ageing World

Series:
World Social Report
20 Jan 2023
The report takes a lifecycle approach to the ageing process. The report looks at the situation of older persons while addressing links between population ageing and selected Sustainable Development Goals, with the underlying focus on the commitment of the 2030 Agenda on leaving no one behind, pro...
MINDNG THE CORPORATE GAP

Minding the Corporate Gap

How Human Rights Defenders and Companies Can Work Together to Tackle Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons

4 Jul 2022
This publication seeks to assist human rights defenders in approaching, engaging and enlisting the backing of business for measures that promote greater equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons. It also offers companies, especially human resource management pr...
GLOBAL MULTI POV INDEX 2021 (F)

Indice global de pauvreté multidimensionnelle 2021

Lever le voile sur les disparités selon l’appartenance ethnique, la caste et le genre

28 Apr 2022
L'Indice mondial de pauvreté multidimensionnelle (IPM) produit par le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) et l'Initiative d'Oxford concernant la pauvreté et le développement humain mesure la pauvreté en tenant compte de diverses privations subies par les personnes au cours de...
GLOBAL MULTI POV INDEX 2021 (S)

Índice de pobreza multidimensional global 2021

Desvelar las disparidades de etnia, casta y género

28 Apr 2022
El Índice de Pobreza Multidimensional (IPM) global elaborado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y la Iniciativa de Pobreza y Desarrollo Humano de Oxford mide la pobreza considerando varias privaciones experimentadas por las personas en su vida diaria, incluida la mal...
GLOBAL MULTI POV INDEX 2021

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021

Unmasking Disparities by Ethnicity, Caste and Gender

27 Apr 2022
The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative measures poverty by considering various deprivations experienced by people in their daily lives, including poor health, insufficient ...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2022 (A)

State of World Population 2022 (Arabic language)

Seeing the Unseen - The Case for Action in the Neglected Crisis of Unintended Pregnancy

Series:
State of World Population (Arabic language)
4 Jul 2022
The State of World Population 2022 will take up the issue of unintended pregnancy and look at its drivers and impact. We will take a look at causes and consequences of unmet need for family planning, but also at the constellation of forces that can lead to an unintended pregnancy and at how that ...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2022

State of World Population 2022

Seeing the Unseen - The Case for Action in the Neglected Crisis of Unintended Pregnancy

Series:
State of World Population
31 Mar 2022
The State of World Population 2022 will take up the issue of unintended pregnancy and look at its drivers and impact. We will take a look at causes and consequences of unmet need for family planning, but also at the constellation of forces that can lead to an unintended pregnancy and at how that ...
SCIENCE TECHNO & INNOVAT ZAMBIA

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Review: Zambia

12 May 2022
The Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Review of Zambia has three fundamental goals. Its first goal is to offer Zambia an assessment of activities and institutions that make up its innovation ecosystem. The second goal is to draw attention to important socio-economic development questions ...
CROSS-BRDER TRADE PANDEMC ENVRNMNT

Cross-Border Trade in the Pre- and Post-Pandemic Environment

Evidence from Malawi, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia

2 Jun 2022
Since 2016, UNCTAD has been working to support women in informal cross-border trade in sub-Saharan Africa, carrying out analytical, capacity-building and policy advocacy activities. This report describes the results of an impact assessment of the capacity-building activities that UNCTAD conducted...
NON-TARIFF MEASURES GENDER LENS

Neutral Policies, Uneven Impact

Non-tariff Measures Through a Gender Lens

27 Jun 2022
Non-tariff measures (NTMs) are trade policy measures designed to achieve public policy objectives such as protecting public health, consumer safety, and the environment. While NTMs often bear high trade costs such as having high information, implementation, and compliance cost, they are usually ...
TRANS CORP V28 #3

Transnational Corporations Vol.28 No.3

Investment and Development

Series:
Transnational Corporations
24 Dec 2021
Transnational Corporations is a longstanding policy-oriented refereed research journal on issues related to investment, multinational enterprises, and development. It is an official journal of the United Nations, managed by UNCTAD. As such it has a global reach, a strong development policy imprin...
TRADE GENDER NEXUS DEV OVERV (F)

Lien entre le commerce et le genre dans une perspective de développement

Un bref aperçu: Concepts, définitions et cadres analytiques

3 Jun 2022
Cette publication présente un aperçu du lien entre le commerce et le genre dans une perspective de développement. Il examine les conséquences du commerce international pour l'autonomisation économique et le bien-être des femmes et l'impact de l'inégalité entre les sexes sur le commerce. Après une...
TRADE GENDER NEXUS DEV OVERV

Looking at the Trade and Gender Nexus From a Development Perspective

A Brief Overview: Concepts, Definitions and Analytical Frameworks

21 Mar 2022
This publication presents an overview of the trade and gender nexus from a development perspective. It looks at the consequences of international trade for women’s economic empowerment and well-being and the impact of gender inequality on trade. After a short introduction, Section 2 presents what...
HALFWAY 2030 SNPSHT INSGHTS 2022

Halfway to 2030: How Many Targets Will be Achieved in the ECE Region?

22 Apr 2022
The publication assesses progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the UNECE region (Europe, Noth America, and Central Asia) relying on most recent internationally available data and offers stories on how regional and country-level actions relate to sustainable development outc...
PROGRESS SUS DEV GOALS 2019

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2019

21 Oct 2021
Are we on track to achieve Goal 5? On 24 and 25 September 2019, Heads of State and Government gathered at UN Headquarters in New York to comprehensively review progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. To inform those d...
PROGRESS SUS DEV GOALS 2020

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2020

21 Oct 2021
The year 2020 was supposed to be momentous—in a good way. Around the globe, world leaders and women’s rights activists had planned to celebrate the anniversaries of key legal and policy innovations that have cemented women’s rights as human rights into international law, including the 25th annive...
PROGRESS SUS DEV GOALS 2021

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2021

24 Sep 2021
A year and a half into the pandemic, progress towards expanding women’s rights and opportunities continues to be tested and impeded. Women’s economic losses have not rebounded, hunger is on the rise, and school closures threaten to destroy girl’s educational gains. Women’s participation in govern...
BYND COVID FEMINIST SUST SOC JUST

Beyond COVID-19: A Feminist Plan for Sustainability and Social Justice

18 Nov 2021
As the world learns to live with COVID-19, to emerge from the current crisis, and to “build back better”, UN Women’s new Feminist Plan for Sustainability and Social Justice is a visionary but practical roadmap for putting gender equality, social justice, and sustainability at the centre of the re...
WORLD POPULATION POLICIES 2021

World Population Policies 2021

Policies Related to Fertility

Series:
Statistical papers - United Nations (Ser. A), Population and vital statistics report
6 Mar 2023
The 2021 edition of the World Population Policies provides a brief overview of global fertility levels and trends since the early 1960s and explores government’s views and policies related to fertility. The analysis of views and policies draws on data gathered through 2019 and available in the Wo...
TRANS CORP V28 #2

Transnational Corporations Vol.28 No.2

Investment and Development

Series:
Transnational Corporations
24 Sep 2021
Transnational Corporations is a longstanding policy-oriented refereed research journal on issues related to investment, multinational enterprises, and development. It is an official journal of the United Nations, managed by UNCTAD. As such it has a global reach, a strong development policy imprin...