UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General outlined a strategy for partnerships that help developing countries expand domestic refining and processing and better connect mining to other economic sectors.Default image copyright and description© Shutterstock/ Evgeny_VUN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Deputy Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno called for a new genera...
ForewordWhen we discuss international trade, we typically speak of supply chains – networks of factories, farms, ports and transport routes that move goods across borders. But there is another architecture lying beneath this visible flow, one less discussed yet equally powerful: the architecture of balance sheets.Trade is not just a concatenation of...
UNCTAD calls for aligning markets and trade with the Paris Agreement to accelerate the low-carbon transition and finance climate action ahead of COP30.Default image copyright and description© Shutterstock/Hryshchyshen SerhiiTrade can be a powerful policy tool to achieving the Paris Agreement, the 2015 global accord under which all nations pledged to limit...
The 9th World Investment Forum (WIF) will be hosted by Qatar in 2026, Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan announced on 22 October during the 16th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16) in Geneva, Switzerland.Held biennially by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the forum is the leading global platform for investment and devel...
UNCTAD's ministerial conference highlights young people’s power to drive transformation, and how they can play a bigger role in shaping a more sustainable and inclusive future.Young people from across the globe gathered at the 5th Youth Forum, held on 23 October during the 16th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16), to spo...
Fresh insights from UNCTAD's quadrennial conference on how South–South partnerships, a significant driver of economic resilience and growth, can go from strength to strength.Leaders and experts from across the developing world called for stronger South–South partnerships to drive investment, trade and sustainable development in a fast-changing global...
Global leaders are convening at the Palais des Nations in Geneva for the 16th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16) from 20 to 23 October 2025.The conference comes at a time when trade, investment and technology are reshaping economies at high speed. For developing countries, the stakes are clear: to secure access to ...
The 16th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16) opens next Monday, 20 October, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva under the theme: "Shaping the future: Driving economic transformation for equitable, inclusive and sustainable development”.Hosted by Switzerland and UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the conference...
On 2 October 2025, Indonesia issued Minister of Investment Regulation No. 5 of 2025, reducing the minimum paid-up capital requirement for foreign-owned limited liability companies from IDR 10 billion (approximately $640,000) to IDR 2.5 billion (approximately $160,000). The regulation entered into force upon its issuance on 2 October 2025.Nature of measure:...
Following the call from stakeholders at the High-level IIA Conference 2024, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is in the process of developing Guiding Principles for IIA Reform, to facilitate IIA reform for sustainable development. The principles build on UNCTAD’s leading role as the convening forum on IIA reform, core policy guidance developed since 2012,...
