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Overcoming Inequalities: Towards a New Eco-social Contract

31 Aug 2022
This Strategy sets out the priorities and themes of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development over the period 2021–2025. It integrates research, communications, policy engagement, results and impact—and is calibrated against the fast-moving social, economic and political contex...
ASIA PFIC DGTAL TRSFMTN RPT 2022

Asia-Pacific Digital Transformation Report 2022

Shaping our Digital Future

28 Aug 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic detonated a “digital big bang” that spurred people, governments, and businesses to become “digital by default;” a sea change that generated vast digital dividends. These benefits that have not been distributed equally, however. New development gaps have emerged as digital tr...
HARNSS NUTRCL PROD EXP DEV LDC

Harnessing the Potential of Nutraceutical Products for Export Diversification and Development in Landlocked Developing Countries

Assessment of Comparative Advantages and Binding Constraints

20 Jan 2023
The present publication examines the potential, opportunities and challenges facing selected LLDCs from Africa, Asia, and Latin America (in particular, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Nepal) in making the best of their biodiversity and biogenetic resources where they have...
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...
LEAST DEV CTRIES RPT 2022

The Least Developed Countries Report 2022

The Low-carbon Transition and Its Daunting Implications for Structural Transformation

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Least Developed Countries Report
9 Dec 2022
LDCs, which bear the least historical responsibility for climate change, are on the front lines of the climate crisis. The Report highlights the development strategies and policies which they need to enact to reach the ambitious objectives to which they have committed, and the painful trade-offs ...
GUID CORE IND SUST SDG IMPT REPT

Guidance on Core Indicators for Sustainability and SDG Impact Reporting

9 Dec 2022
This Guidance document (GCI) provides practical information on how the Core Indicators for Sustainability and SDG Impact Reporting can be measured in a consistent manner and in alignment with countries’ needs on monitoring the attainment of the SDG Agenda. It is intended to serve as a tool to ass...
IMPL UNECE STRAT ESD REGION 15 18

Implementation of the UNECE Strategy for ESD Across the ECE Region (2015-2018)

11 Nov 2022
The present document provides a summary of the progress made by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and the United Nations Member States in implementing the ECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) during the implementation phase 2017–2019 (also referred to as the “implem...
DNGER UNAID GBL AIDS UPDTE 2022

In Danger: UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022

12 Aug 2022
New data from UNAIDS on the global HIV response reveals that during the last two years of COVID-19 and other global crises, progress against the HIV pandemic has faltered, resources have shrunk, and millions of lives are at risk as a result. The new report, In Danger, is being launched ahead of t...
NAT PROD CAPA GAP ASSMT ZAMBIA

National Productive Capacities Gap Assessment: Zambia

23 Jan 2023
Zambia belongs to the least developed countries' (LDCs) and landlocked developing countries’ (LLDCs) groups. The country has made socioeconomic progress in some areas, but still exhibits many of the challenges afflicting LDCs in general. Zambia’s economy remains significantly dependent on the min...
UN E-GOVERNMENT SURVEY 2022

United Nations E-Government Survey 2022

The Future of Digital Government

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United Nations E-Government Survey
7 Oct 2022
The United Nations E-Government Survey is published by DPIDG, UN DESA, once every two years. The 2022 Survey is the 12th edition, following a consistent methodology first adopted in 2003. The Survey assesses global and regional e-government development through a comparative rating of national gov...
TRANS CORP V29 #2

Transnational Corporations Vol.29 No.2

Investment and Development

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Transnational Corporations
30 Aug 2022
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 the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). As such...
INNOCENTI REPORT CARD 17 (I)

Places and Spaces (Italian language)

Environments and Children's Well-being

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Innocenti Report Card (Italian language)
5 Jul 2022
Report Card 17 explores how 43 OECD/EU countries are faring in providing healthy environments for children. Do children have clean water to drink? Do they have good-quality air to breathe? Are their homes free of lead and mould? How many children live in overcrowded homes? How many have access to...
WORLD SOCIAL REPORT 2023

World Social Report 2023

Leaving No One Behind in an Ageing World

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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...
NATL ACCT STATS 2021 MAIN AGG

National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables 2021 (Five-volume Set)

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National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables
6 Mar 2023
This is the sixty-third issue of National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables, showing detailed national accounts estimates for 210 countries and areas for the reporting years 2010 to 2021. The national data for each country and area are presented in separate chapters using u...
ARAB HUMAN DEV RPT 2022 (A)

Arab Human Development Report 2022 (Arabic language)

Expanding Opportunities for an Inclusive and Resilient Recovery in the Post-COVID Era

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Arab Human Development Report (Arabic language)
29 Jun 2022
The Arab Human Development Report 2022 focuses on post-COVID recovery, assessing long standing development challenges across the spheres of governance, society, and economy—tackling aspects of gender; youth; education and health; multi-dimensional poverty; impacts on economic sectors, MSMEs and l...
ARAB HUMAN DEV RPT 2022

Arab Human Development Report 2022

Expanding Opportunities for an Inclusive and Resilient Recovery in the Post-COVID Era

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Arab Human Development Report
27 Sep 2022
The Arab Human Development Report 2022 focuses on post-COVID recovery, assessing long standing development challenges across the spheres of governance, society, and economy—tackling aspects of gender; youth; education and health; multi-dimensional poverty; impacts on economic sectors, MSMEs and l...
IMPT CVD19 PDMC TRD DEV LESS LRND

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development

Lessons Learned

6 Oct 2022
This report aims at documenting and assessing shifts that the COVID-19 crisis has triggered in economies, societies and cooperation in UNCTAD’s core areas of work: the integrated treatment of trade and development and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustain...
UNCTAD 15 OUTCOME

UNCTAD 15 Outcome

The Spirit of Speightstown and The Bridgetown Covenant

6 Dec 2022
The fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was held in a hybrid (virtual and physical) format, in Bridgetown and Geneva, from 3 to 7 October 2021. At its closing plenary meeting, the Conference adopted the Spirit of Speightstown (TD/541/Add.1) and the Bridgeto...
VOLU REV COMPT LAW POL BANGALDESH

Voluntary Peer Review of Competition Law and Policy: Bangladesh

6 Oct 2022
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) voluntary peer reviews of competition law and policies are conducted at annual meetings of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy or at five-yearly United Nations Conferences to Review the United Nations Set...
HNDBK FORMS EMPLOYMENT UNECE

Handbook on Forms of Employment

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Conference of European Statisticians Statistical Standards and Studies
6 Oct 2022
The Handbook presents a broad framework to classify and understand forms of employment, which is centered around two main dimensions: work relationships (as defined in the 2018 International Classification of Status in Employment) and work modalities (the way in which work is coordinated, perform...
SOCIAL OUTLOOK ASIA & PACIFIC

Social Outlook for Asia and the Pacific 2022

The Workforce We Need

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Social Outlook for Asia and the Pacific
6 Oct 2022
The Social Outlook is a flagship ESCAP publication produced every two years with a dedicated focus on social development issues in Asia and the Pacific. In 2022, under the theme of “The Workforce We Need”, the Social Outlook focuses on building a healthy, protected and productive workforce in Asi...
INTL TRADE STAT YRBK 2021 V1

International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2021, Volume I

Trade by Country

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International Trade Statistics Yearbook (Ser. G)
29 Jul 2022
The 2021 International Trade Statistics Yearbook, Volume I —Trade by Country — provides a condensed and integrated analytical view of the international merchandise trade, and trade in services up to the year 2021 by means of brief descriptive text, concise data tables and charts. The information ...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2022

Rapport sur le développement économique en Afrique 2022

Repenser les fondements de la diversification des exportations en Afrique: le rôle catalyseur des services financiers et des services aux entreprises

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Développement économique en Afrique, Le
5 Dec 2022
Le rapport examine comment les pays africains peuvent s'efforcer de diversifier leurs exportations en identifiant des mécanismes réalisables et innovants pour les politiques d'investissement et de commerce afin de stimuler les incitations à détourner les activités économiques vers des secteurs tr...
ECON DEV IN AFRICA RPT 2022

Economic Development in Africa Report 2022

Rethinking the Foundations of Export Diversification in Africa: The Catalytic Role of Business and Financial Services

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Economic Development in Africa Report
29 Jul 2022
The report examines how African countries can work towards diversifying their exports by identifying feasible and innovative mechanisms for investment and trade policies to drive incentives to divert economic activities into transformative sectors. It aims to equip African governments and develop...
WATER CONV 30 YRS IMPCT & ACHVMT

The Water Convention: 30 Years of Impact and Achievements on the Ground

6 Oct 2022
The year 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), which was adopted in Helsinki in 1992. Showcasing concrete success stories of the Water Convention’s impact on the ground, this publicatio...