UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a government agency that helps developing countries integrate into the global economy. It provides data, analysis, and consensus-building platforms to shape policy debates on development. The organisation also delivers technical assistance to ensure domestic policies and international actions support sustainable development.

UNCTAD’s work spans a wide geographic footprint with a workforce distributed across 93 countries. Through various programmes, it addresses issues critical to trade, finance, and investment, including customs modernisation and entrepreneurship capacity-building.