Official international assistance plays a key role in financing for sustainable development
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development clearly identifies ODA and OOFs as a relevant element in the
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The 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 the theory of
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Make or break for green economy
In light of recent scientific research , choices in climate policy taken now will be critical for our future and
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Sustainable and resilient transport amidst rising uncertainty, disruptions and climate risks
Infrastructure, including transport infrastructure, directly and indirectly influences the attainment of all the SDGs, including 92 per cent of the
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Digitalization offers great potential for development, but also risks
Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have led to important economic changes over recent decades, transforming value chains and the production
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Developing country external debt: From growing sustainability concerns to potential crisis in the time of COVID-19
Debt is a key component of long-term financing for sustainable development and structural transformation. The most important criterion for the
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Recent conceptual and methodological developments on measuring illicit financial flows for policy action
As the world searches for the funds needed to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and achieve the 2030 Agenda for
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UNCTAD Empretec – Inspiring entrepreneurship
UNCTAD Empretec1 (UNCTAD, 2020) promotes entrepreneurship and enhances the productive capacity and international competitiveness of SMEs in developing countries. The
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UNCTAD DMFAS programme – Strengthening debt management in support of good governance
Concerns regarding rising levels of debt and vulnerabilities in developing economies have drawn attention to problems with the transparency of
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