Structural transformation
Sustainable long-term growth that provides economies opportunities for everyone can only be achieved through a shift to higher value-added productive
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Productive growth
Sustained and inclusive economic growth is an essential requisite for poverty eradication and sustainable development. Productive infrastructure, access to ICT
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UNCTAD technical cooperation in support of SDGs
One of the many ways by which UNCTAD contributes to implementing the 2030 Agenda and achieving the SDGs is through
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Tackling illicit financial flows to unleash funds for development
Countries lose substantial resources through IFFs. These flows pose a direct threat to sustainable and inclusive development by draining domestic
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Multilateralism for trade and development
We live in an inter-connected world where goods and services are produced and traded globally. This has brought an unprecedented
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Official international assistance has a special role in financing sustainable development
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development (United Nations, 2015) clearly identifies ODA and OOFs as a relevant
Read moreThe many faces of inequality
This chapter provides some discussion and analyses on a few of the many dimensions of inequality that exist. The chapter
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Towards sustainable industrialization and higher technologies
Structural transformation has been an important driving force of economic development over the last decades. According to classic economic theory,
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Robust and predictable sources of financing for sustainable development
The economic flows that support development vary from country to country in terms of source, type and volume. Furthermore, even
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Signs of a greening economy?
“There is no planet B”, was the message of thousands of young people in the series of demonstrations for climate
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