Development

An interview with Gilles Yabi, executive director of the West African Think Tank WATHI, on food security in Africa

“We risk a global decoupling in which East and West face off in a cold war, and Africans are caught in the middle,” says Professor Carlos Lopes in an interview with Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Quels sont les problèmes à long terme qui doivent être résolus et quelles sont les solutions disponibles?

What are the long-term problems that need to be addressed and what solutions are out there?

Why to Be Wary of Another Volcker-Type Monetary Tightening

Fears of ‘stagflation’ have come back to haunt macroeconomic policy makers all over the globe

China’s successful technological development path stands in contrast to the corporate financialization model in the United States

China’s successful technological development path stands in contrast to the corporate financialization model in the United States

The 5th UNCTAD YSI Summer School provides an opportunity to explore the Challenges and Opportunities of a New International Economic Order. The school will bring together UNCTAD experts, academics, diplomats, and young scholars from across the globe for lively and stimulating intellectual debates.

Besides the crucial COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, far more is at stake at this ministerial than is generally known.

Distinguished Public Lecture on “Making India a Prosperous and Happy Nation @100”, by Dr. Ajay Chhibber, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University on Tuesday, 22 March 2022.

Fragility and Resilience in Green Development in Africa: Intersections and Trade-offs

An overview of the current digital access landscape in Africa

Ajay Chhibber, Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Institute of International Economic Policy, George Washington University, and India’s first Director General of Independent Evaluation with the status of Minister of State in 2013-14, discusses his co-authored book, Unshackling India, about what needs to happen for India’s economy to take off.

Governments and civil society organizations must work together with UNCTAD to provide developing countries the tools — and the transformed governance regimes — they need to “build back better” through these challenging and difficult times.