10 February 2026.
From UNCTAD: "This annual report provides a comprehensive and authoritative source of socioeconomic analysis and data on the world´s most impoverished countries. The Report is intended for a broad readership of governments, policymakers, researchers and all those involved with LDCs´ development policies.
13 May 2025
The WTO LDC Group, in collaboration with UNCTAD, held a capacity-building workshop focusing on the evolution of technical assistance to LDCs in WTO negotiations, with a spotlight on Rules of Origin. More information here.
4 November 2024.
Information here: Launch of the Least Developed Countries Report 2024 | UNCTAD
18 September 2024. "Amidst a polycrisis, these countries face an increasingly unsustainable financial situation, with high structural deficits and unaffordable debt, underscoring the urgent need for international action. Debt is one of the most pressing challenges facing developing nations, especially the least developed countries (LDCs). (...).
Read the news item here.
11 September 2024, 17:00-18:15, Geneva.
Organizer: EIF
Information: WTO | Public Forum 2024 - "Re-globalization: Better Trade for a Better World"
Audio recording available.
29 January 2024. This webinar will officially launch a joint report by the Commonwealth Secretariat and UNCTAD that explores how LDCs can use intellectual property protection strategically to stimulate innovation and development, and craft regimes and systems for intellectual property rights that help to build productive capacities, enable technological upgrading, boost trade and investment and drive economic transformation.
4 Dec 2023
AI-generated summary of the event: LDCs Participation in Digital Economy Agreements and E-commerce Provisions in FTA (Cambodia) | Digital Watch Observatory
3 December 2023. WTO events at COP28.
Event held during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) by EIF and ODI, hosted at the Trade House (International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat).
Event starts at 02:52:47 Trade House Pavilion: Day 3 (youtube.com)
9 March 2023. Creative industries can play a critical role in building more resilient, sustainable and inclusive economies in the world’s most vulnerable countries.
Read the news item here: Time to unlock the creative potential of least developed countries | UNCTAD
