Blockchain

Targeted incentives, infrastructure and policy support are crucial as the continent seeks to scale up local pharmaceutical manufacturing for public health and economic security.

Blockchain holds immense potential to make trade cheaper and more secure and efficient. But more policy and technical support is needed to help countries harness the technology.

Three reports show how Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda can broaden their investment incentives to capture the special needs of antibiotics production.

The world loses more than $2 trillion annually due to illicit trade, which drains countries of valuable resources and impedes sustainable development.

The global reach of private digital currencies makes national regulatory responses challenging but developing countries are not without choices.

UNCTAD integrates blockchain technology in its technical assistance, capacity-building and research programmes.

As multilateralism fails to provide many developing countries with the tools they need to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, regional cooperation offers hope to building back better.

By Shamika N. Sirimanne and Clovis Freire, UNCTAD

The technology that runs cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin could be used in many applications that contribute to sustainable development, from crop insurance to vaccine supply chains.

International cooperation on the science, technology and innovation frontiers can fast-track sustainable development progress after the COVID-19 crisis, experts say.