UNCTAD
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Developing countries shoulder $31 trillion in global debt, double their share in 2010, according to UNCTAD, the UN body for integrating developing countries into the global economy.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
Jan Hoffmann, a trade expert at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development known as UNCTAD, warned that shipping costs have already surged and energy and food costs are being affected, raising inflation risks.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024
UNCTAD, the organization’s trade and development group, dramatized the global food shortage and pushed Russia, Turkey and Ukraine to negotiate.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2022
In seven leading economies accounting for roughly half of the world’s economic output, online retail sales increased from $2 trillion in 2019 to around $2.9 trillion last year, according to U.N. trade agency UNCTAD.
From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2022
According to UNCTAD, marine plastic pollution takes an economic toll on tourism, fisheries, and maritime transports, of about $40 billion a year; this deficit will further batter industries already affected financially by the coronavirus.
From Slate • Oct. 19, 2020
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