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Rebeca Grynspan

The 2025 World Investment Forum will take place in Viet Nam, alongside the 16th UN Conference on Trade and Development in October.

Viet Nam…

Nan Li Collins

The Secretariat of the World Investment Forum is the Division…

James Zhan

James Zhan reflects on achievements and challenges ahead for Unctad's flagship investment event

Winners of the Women in Business Awards with UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan (third from left).

UNCTAD’s 8th Women in Business Awards honoured successful entrepreneurs from developing countries who are driving positive change for people and…

© FAO/Farshad Usyan | A wheat farmer in Afghanistan.

UNCTAD's 8th World Investment Forum underscored the sector's pivotal role in bridging the $4 trillion annual investment gap developing countries…

© Shutterstock/Michel luiz de freitas | Workers install solar panels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The call was issued on the second day of the 8th World Investment Forum and underscores the vital need for capital in developing countries, where…

© FAO

With over 735 million people facing hunger globally, $680 billion is needed annually from now until 2030 to revamp agrifood systems in low and…

© Shutterstock/Richard Bradford | Suzhou Industrial Park, located in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province.

The 8th World Investment Forum unveils the winners of the UN Investment Promotion Awards 2023, celebrating their success in supercharging climate…

World leaders at the 8th World Investment Forum in Abu Dhabi

The UN Secretary-General calls for the public and private sectors to deliver $500 billion a year in affordable, long-term financing to developing…

© Shutterstock/Marianna Ianovska | View of downtown Abu Dhabi

The UNCTAD forum brings together over 8,000 participants, heads of state, government ministers, sovereign wealth fund managers, private sector…