This series by the UN trade and development body explores how major economic events are affecting developing countries and the lives of billions of people.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 15 hours 49 minutes
episode 92: 92. Pedal to the metal: Why electric car batteries need to be cleaner and greener
This episode of the Weekly Tradecast looks at the rare metals and minerals used in mobile phones, laptops and electric car batteries with Clovis Freire, chief of the commodity research and analysis section at UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Electr...
episode 91: 91. Growth going to waste: UN trade and development update sees multiple challenges slowing economic momentum
This episode of the Weekly Tradecast looks at the update to the UN’s Trade and Development Report with UNCTAD director Richard Kozul-Wright. On the positive side – despite high inflation, high interest rates and gloomy forecasts – the global economy ...
episode 90: 90. Healthy not hungry: Why good food is a key ingredient for development
This episode of the Weekly Tradecast looks at the connection between food, health and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals with Bojan Nastav, a statistician with UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). UN Trade and Development has teamed up with the Wo...
episode 89: 89. Moving up: Bhutan graduates to UN's developing country status but challenges remain for other LDCs
This episode of the Weekly Tradecast looks at Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom that measures its success in "Gross National Happiness" with UNCTAD director Paul Akiwumi. Bhutan and its 800,000 people now have an extra reason to be happy – after graduat...
episode 88: 88. That’s rubbish: How our waste is choking the planet and how we can clean it up
Just ahead of Zero Waste Day, this episode of The Weekly Tradecast talks trash with UNCTAD economist Henrique Silva Pacini Costa. From plastic packaging to fast fashion to car batteries, we have been creating mountains of waste for decades. It’s ever...
episode 87: 87. K-popification: Why South Korea’s creative economy is an inspiration for others
This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at K-pop and other lessons for success from the creative economy of the Republic of Korea with UNCTAD economist Katalin Bokor. Whether we've danced Gagnam style, listened to the songs of BTS and Blackpink, ...
episode 86: 86. Fisherman's blues: Why the fisheries industry needs to get much greener
This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at how we can fight climate change by cutting the carbon emissions of our fisheries with David Vivas, an UNCTAD legal officer working on trade and environmental issues. The fishing industry is a vital source...
episode 85: 85. Women’s Day: Why investing in women is the key to faster development for all
As we mark International Women's Day on 8 March, this episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at the importance of investing in women with special guest Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, the UN’s trade and development body. Overall, the out...
episode 84: 84. Money on the move: How remittances and trade work together for development
This episode of the Weekly Tradecast looks at the importance of remittances with UNCTAD economist Bruno Antunes. Around the world, migrants send home more than $830 billion in remittances, of which about $650 billion go to developing countries, accor...
episode 84: 84. Money on the move: Why remittances are a mixed blessing and how they could be better
This episode of the Weekly Tradecast looks at the importance of remittances with UNCTAD economist Bruno Antunes. Around the world, migrant workers send home at least three times more money than their countries get from overseas development assistance...