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Kiribati sets sights on overcoming hurdles to e-commerce

Kiribati sets sights on overcoming hurdles to e-commerce

20 May 2020
Digital solutions implemented to combat the spread of COVID-19 give fresh impetus to efforts to harness the development gains of ICT and e-commerce.
How science, technology and innovation can help build resilience to multiple shocks

How science, technology and innovation can help build resilience to multiple shocks

20 May 2020
Written by Shamika N. Sirimanne, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, and Clovis Freire, Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD
The Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme

The Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme

14 May 2020
Written by Lisa Emberson, Stockholm Environment Institute Affiliated Researcher
UN to boost health tech production for COVID-19

UN to boost health tech production for COVID-19

14 May 2020
UN agencies launched the Tech Access Partnership in a joint effort to scale up local production of life-saving health technologies for COVID-19.
COVID-19 triggers marked decline in global trade, new data shows

COVID-19 triggers marked decline in global trade, new data shows

13 May 2020
The coronavirus pandemic led to a 3% drop in global trade values in the first quarter of 2020. The downturn is expected to accelerate in the second quarter, according to UNCTAD forecasts, which project a quarter-on-quarter decline of 27%.
COVID-19 puts women working in SIDS tourism industry at risk

COVID-19 puts women working in SIDS tourism industry at risk

13 May 2020
Written by Simonetta Zarrilli of UNCTAD and Nursel Aydiner-Avsar, Associate Professor, Akdeniz University
A.I. vs. COVID-19

A.I. vs. COVID-19

11 May 2020
Written by Jürgen SchmidhuberCo-Founder & Chief Scientist, NNAISENSE and Scientific Director, Swiss AI Lab IDSIA and Professor of AI, USI & SUPSI, Switzerland
Science and innovation funds key to COVID-19 responses and beyond

Science and innovation funds key to COVID-19 responses and beyond

11 May 2020
​UNCTAD presents a case for protecting science, technology and innovation funding during and after the COVID-19 crisis in a new policy paper
What future for women small-scale and informal cross-border traders when borders close?

What future for women small-scale and informal cross-border traders when borders close?

8 May 2020
Written bySimonetta Zarrilli, Chief, and Mariangela Linoci, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade, Gender and Development Programme, UNCTAD
UNCTAD chief: How to rebuild global economy and trade after COVID-19

UNCTAD chief: How to rebuild global economy and trade after COVID-19

8 May 2020
UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi discusses how to rejuvenate the global economy and trade in light of the COVID-19 crisis in an interview with Didem Eryar Unlu of the Turkish newspaper Dünya.