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UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2019 looks at the trends and challenges in the global economy, including: trade tensions, currency movements, corporate debt, a no-deal Brexit, inverted yield curves and negative interest rates.

UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2019 recasts the Depression era's signature policy on a global scale - a Global Green New Deal - as the right policy framework to make a clean break with years of austerity and insecurity. It would help bring about a more equal distribution of income and reverse decades of environmental degradation.

The development gains of the 20th century are being eroded by growing inequality - and something needs to be done about it.

Lebanese ambassador who presides over UNCTAD's governing body defends multilateralism during UN development financing forum.

Written by:Richard Kozul-Wright (UNCTAD) and Kevin P. Gallagher (Boston University)

Written by:Rachid Bouhia and Daniel Munevar Sastre, Globalisation and Development Strategies Division, UNCTAD

Écrit parIsabelle Durant, Secrétaire générale adjointe de la CNUCED

The shortcomings of austerity measures were laid bare today at an UNCTAD meeting, pressing home the message of the organization’s new Trade and Development Report.​

The global economy appears stuck on its path to recovery. A new UNCTAD report, the Trade and Development Report 2017: Beyond Austerity - Towards a Global New Deal, sets out an ambitious alternative policy route to build more inclusive and caring economies.

The 64th session of UNCTAD's Trade and Development Board is underway, and Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi has used the occasion to spotlight how the organization and its members are facing up to the challenging global environment.