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Ship crane lifting cargo at port.

From gas to grain: Fertilizer disruptions raise risks for food security and trade

Shipper containers at a sea port.

Reforming global trade rules key to supporting developing economies

A graph showing the number of developing countries by change in fiscal space (interest payments as a share of government revenue), 2018–2024

The rising cost of debt is squeezing development prospects

Video: Hormuz crisis sends shockwaves through global markets

Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Growth and financial implications

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Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Growth and financial implications

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Ship crane lifting cargo at port.

From gas to grain: Fertilizer disruptions raise risks for food security and trade

Shipper containers at a sea port.

Reforming global trade rules key to supporting developing economies

A graph showing the number of developing countries by change in fiscal space (interest payments as a share of government revenue), 2018–2024

The rising cost of debt is squeezing development prospects

Video: Hormuz crisis sends shockwaves through global markets

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Cover for Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Growth and financial implications

Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Growth and financial implications

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Global Trade Update (March 2026): Reforming trade rules to drive development

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Beyond creative accounting: Restoring trust in the climate finance regime

Cover for The implications of critical energy transition minerals for women’s participation in the mining sector

The implications of critical energy transition minerals for women’s participation in the mining sector

Cover for The cumulative economic cost of occupation for the Palestinian people (2000–2024) and the long road to recovery

The cumulative economic cost of occupation for the Palestinian people (2000–2024) and the long road to recovery

Cover for The Least Developed Countries Report 2025: Are services the new path to structural transformation?

The Least Developed Countries Report 2025: Are services the new path to structural transformation?

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Oil cargo transfer operations at sea.

01 Apr 2026

Hormuz disruption deepens global economic strain across trade, prices and finance

31 Mar 2026

Measuring South–South Cooperation is critical to achieving sustainable development

30 Mar 2026

Accelerating trade facilitation: UK funding backs next phase of global programme

26 Mar 2026

UNCTAD-WTO trade data highlights shifting global trends ahead of key ministerial talks

26 Mar 2026

Services trade surges, but developing countries risk falling behind

25 Mar 2026

When trade preferences weaken, development pays the price

24 Mar 2026

Seaweed for development: Who sets the rules and who captures the value?

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Data stories

A graph showing how energy markets have reacted to Strait of Hormuz disruptions

Energy markets react immediately to Strait of Hormuz disruptions

Map showing that South-South cooperation from Latin America and the Caribbean is primarly intraregional

Measuring South–South Cooperation is critical to achieving sustainable development

Line graph showing global trade value continued its upward trend in 2025

New trade data highlights shifting global trends ahead of key ministerial talks

Line chart showing the number of discriminatory policies issued per year

Discriminatory trade measures have surged, fuelling uncertainty

A horizontal bar graph showing that new tariffs are eroding developing economies competitiveness

Who wins and who loses as trade policies shift?

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Meetings and events

30 March – 1 April 2026

Next generation supply chains

Online

9 – 13 April 2026

Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Parks: Policies and Practices (webinars on STI park policymaking, STI park management, and technology transfer)

Online

13 April 2026

Webinar of the informal working group on cross-border cartels

Online

13 – 14 April 2026

Multi-year expert meeting on transport, trade logistics and trade facilitation, 12th session

Geneva, Switzerland

14 April 2026

Webinar on consumer product safety in informal markets

Online

15 – 16 April 2026

Multi-year expert meeting on trade, services and development, 12th session

Geneva, Switzerland

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Videos

WTO MC14: UNCTAD calls for bolstering the multilateral trading system and investment in developing countries

Global Trade Update (March 2026): Reforming trade rules to drive development

Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Implications for global trade and development

Secretary-General

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD from 13 September 2021

Geneva, Switzerland

Rebeca Grynspan

Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica was appointed the eighth Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 13 September 2021. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the organization.

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Statements

25 March 2026

World Trade Organization MC14 multistakeholder ministerial event: Scaling up investment facilitation to mobilize investment

Yaoundé, Cameroon

25 March 2026

World Trade Organization MC14 ministerial side event on trade in services for development

Yaoundé, Cameroon

25 March 2026

World Trade Organization Landlocked Developing Countries Ministerial Meeting

Yaoundé, Cameroon

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