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: 16 hours 24 minutes
episode 76: 76. All aboard the environment express: Global tourism needs more investment to reach greener heights
This episode of The Weekly Tradecast talks about the importance of the right kind of investment in tourism with UNCTAD’s Christiane Stepanek-Allen, chief of UNCTAD's investment partnership section. Before the Covid pandemic, the tourism industry acco...
episode 75: 75. No time to waste: Why we need far more investment around climate change and sustainable development
This episode of the Weekly Tradecast looks at investing in sustainable development to help save our planet with UNCTAD economists Joseph Clements and Anthony Miller. Calls are growing more urgent for more spending on a clean-energy future and more su...
episode 74: 74. Green light: How trade can drive the clean energy transition and cut global emissions
This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at the role that trade has to play in the clean energy transition with senior UNCTAD economist Chantal Line Carpentier. Next week, the UN climate summit – COP28 – is dedicating a day to trade and how it can...
episode 73: 73. Shaping the future: Why the right digital path is key to sustainable and inclusive development
This episode of the Weekly Tradecast looks at digitalization and its future with Torbjörn Fredriksson, head of UNCTAD’s e-commerce and digital economy branch. Technology is transforming every aspect of our lives – how we work, eat, shop, travel and i...
episode 72: 72. Food for thought: Can fish ever be sustainable as human hunger grows?
This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at the challenges of sustainable fishing with UNCTAD legal expert David Vivas. From farmed prawns to wild-caught mackerel, the fishing industry is a vital source of food – and livelihoods – all over the worl...
episode 71: 71. UN report: After years of lost growth, least developed countries need inclusive finance to meet development goals
This episode of The Weekly Tradecast is looking at the UN’s Least Developed Countries Report 2023 with one of the authors, UNCTAD economist Matfobhi Riba. The world is facing soaring costs of food, energy and financing – along with extreme weather an...
episode 70: 70. Investing in the female future: Why we need better financing for women entrepreneurs
In this episode of The Weekly Tradecast, we’re talking about women and investment and why a lack of financing is undermining development with UNCTAD economist Stephania Bonilla. For developing countries, having more female entrepreneurs offers the...
episode 69: 69. A booster for the future: Why investment in healthcare needs to be bigger and broader
This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at the urgent need to invest much more in healthcare with UNCTAD economist Bruno Casella. Hundreds of millions of people around the world have little or no access to essential health services. Improving thei...
episode 68: 68. Back on track: How to help small businesses recover from turmoil and return to growth
In this episode of The Weekly Tradecast, we’re looking at small businesses and ways to help them flourish despite economic turmoil with Arlette Verploegh, chief of UNCTAD’s entrepreneurship development section. First with the COVID-19 pandemic and no...
episode 67: 67. Prices and profits: Is commodity speculation making the global food crisis worse?
This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at the influence big trading companies have on food supplies and prices with Anastasia Nesvetailova, head of UNCTAD’s macroeconomic and development policies branch. Food costs have soared due to the pandemic...