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This study provides an accessible, yet academically informed, discussion of main implications of crypto assets for developing countries. It asks four main questions: (i) what are the trends and...

The Model Rules on the Permanent Identification of Railway Rolling Stock facilitate the financing and acquisition of railway rolling stock leading to a reduced cost for those wishing to invest in the...

This publication describes how building partnerships and enhancing cooperation across every dimension of sustainable development are essential components to accelerating progress towards realizing the...

Prepared in the context of the process of Angola’s graduation from LDC status, this publication contains insights into the particular vulnerabilities or fragilities of the country and the implications...

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheme is a voluntary trade measure implemented by developed countries that provide an advantageous, or “preferential”, tariff treatment to imports from...

In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946...

The Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships establishes a harmonized regime for giving international effect to judicial sales of ships. By ensuring legal certainty as to the title that the...

Climate change and environmental degradation are undoubtedly major concerns, and their impact on migration, health, peace and sustainable development are already manifest in all regions of the world...

The session’s main objective was to encourage dialogue among Member States, stakeholders, and partners on the progress made by the international community in advancing the objectives of the Global...

When a country leaves or “graduates from” the least developed countries (LDC) category, it ceases to benefit from international support measures that are exclusive to LDCs (in some cases, these...

In 2017 the IDM was one of IOM’s contributions to the consultation phase of the preparatory process leading to the adoption of the global compact for safe orderly and regular migration, in response to...

This report proposes a rights-based policy framework as a path towards countering the de-development of the Palestinian economy and its dependence on Israel. The policy framework proposed in this...

The 2021 edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America examines the social impact of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and provides the most recent statistics on poverty, inequality and...

As countries worldwide are still recovering from the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine is expected to result in severe implications for the global economy. The ongoing...

The analysis in this report is based on both quantitative and qualitative sources. The quantitative data come from the ongoing data collection system in West Africa of the Mixed Migration Centre...

This report highlights pathways to economic diversification in commodity-dependent developing countries in an environment where decarbonization of the global economy has become the overarching...