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Most countries need the UN more than ever—just not this UN
States are pulling against the ties that hold the world together. Trade volume is at an all-time high, yet protectionism has hit levels unseen in a generation. Conflicts claim nearly a quarter of a million lives a year—double the toll of a decade ago—and are increasingly connected through the very systems that drive global prosperity. Interdependence itself, a defining achievement of the post-war order, has become its most contested terrain. Consider the Strait of Hormuz.
UNO sucht neuen Generalsekretär: Costa-Ricanerin führt nach erster Probeabstimmung
Die Wirtschaftswissenschaftlerin Rebeca Grynspan soll bei der ersten geheimen Testabstimmung die meisten Stimmen erhalten haben. Den zweiten Platz belegte demnach die UNO-Botschafterin Guyanas, Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett. Auf Rang drei folgt Rafael Grossi, der derzeit die Internationale Atomenergiebehörde (IAEA) leitet. Offiziell veröffentlicht werden die Ergebnisse der Probeabstimmungen nicht.
In an uncertain trade landscape, cooperation still delivers
Despite heightened trade tensions and policy volatility, global trade and growth demonstrated notable resilience in 2025. Supply chains continued to adjust, markets remained connected, even as pressures weighed more heavily on smaller and more vulnerable economies. Uncertainty has not disappeared in 2026. Strategic rivalry and policy adjustments continue to test the international trading environment.
In an uncertain trade landscape, cooperation still delivers
Despite heightened trade tensions and policy volatility, global trade and growth demonstrated notable resilience in 2025. Supply chains continued to adjust, and markets remained connected, even as pressures weighed more heavily on smaller and more vulnerable economies. Uncertainty has not disappeared in 2026. Strategic rivalry and policy adjustments continue to test the international trading environment.
In an uncertain trade landscape, cooperation still delivers
In an uncertain trade landscape, cooperation still delivers 4 MIN READ Opinion By Rebeca Grynspan DESPITE heightened trade tensions and policy volatility, global trade and growth demonstrated notable resilience in 2025. Supply chains continued to adjust, markets remained connected, even as pressures weighed more heavily on smaller and more vulnerable economies. Uncertainty has not disappeared in 2026. Strategic rivalry and policy adjustments continue to test the international trading environment.
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Maritime Transport Enters Uncharted Waters
By Rebeca Grynspan Following is the foreword for the Review of Maritime Transport 2025, written by Grynspan, secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Not since the Suez Canal’s closure in 1967 has the industry witnessed such sustained disruption to the arteries of global commerce. Ships that once transited the Red Sea in days now sail for weeks around the Cape of Good Hope.
La ONU impulsa logística digital para potenciar la competitividad de países sin salida al mar
Por Agroempresario.com La Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD) presentó una estrategia integral para mejorar la logística en los países sin litoral, un grupo de 32 naciones que agrupa a más de 570 millones de personas y que enfrenta costos de transporte un 50% superiores al promedio mundial, con tiempos de importación duplicados.
Advancing Sustainable Ocean-Based Economies, Sustainable Maritime Transport And Coastal Community Resilience Leaving No One Behind
(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) United Nations Ocean Conference 2025, Nice, France; Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) I will make three points – a point about the limits of the ocean, a point about maritime transport and a point about finance and governance I will start with the limits of the ocean: The ocean is humanity's first global commons.
Por una economía global más justa: el papel de América Latina Original
La economía global está en plena transformación, con el Sur Global como uno de sus principales motores. Entre 2007 y 2023, el comercio entre países del Sur más que se duplicó, de 2,3 billones a 5,6 billones de dólares. En los próximos cinco años será responsable de casi 70% del crecimiento económico mundial. En este contexto, América Latina tiene la oportunidad de liderar la reforma del sistema económico internacional hacia una economía más justa e inclusiva.
Review of Maritime Transport 2024
In 2023, global maritime trade grew by 2.4% to 12.3 billion tons, rebounding from the 2022 contraction. The sector is projected to grow by 2% in 2024 and an average of 2.4% annually through 2029. However, soaring freight costs and an “exceptionally daunting operating landscape” driven by geopolitical conflicts and climate risks continue to weigh on a lasting maritime trade recovery.
Digital Economy Report 2024
Digital economy report 2024 Your browser does not support the video tag. We must harness the power of digitalization to advance inclusive and sustainable development, while mitigating its negative environmental impacts. Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebeca Grynspan The digital economy is booming. Annual smartphone shipments have more than doubled since 2010, hitting 1.2 billion in 2023.
World Investment Report 2024
World Investment Report 2024 Your browser does not support the video tag. Investment is not just about capital flows. It is about human potential, environmental stewardship and the enduring pursuit of a more equitable and sustainable world. UN Trade and Development Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan Global FDI flows fell 2% to $1.3 trillion in 2023, as trade and geopolitical tensions weighed on a slowing global economy.
Who Should Lead the United Nations? PART 5 - Rebeca Grynspan
By Felix Dodds and Chris Spence The 15-member Security Council-- which includes five veto-wielding permanent members, namely the US, UK, France, China and Russia-- plays a decisive role in the election of a UN Secretary-General. Credit: United Nations With current UN Secretary-General António Guterres set to step down in 2026, who is in the running to replace him? In this seven-part series, Felix Dodds and Chris Spence reveal who might be in the running and assess their chances.
Globalización dislocada: Prebisch, desbalances comerciales y el futuro de la economía global
Globalización dislocada: Prebisch, desbalances comerciales y el futuro de la economía global [1] Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD), Suiza Localización: Revista de la CEPAL, ISSN-e 1682-0908, Nº. Extra 141, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Edición Especial 75 Años: hacia un modelo de desarrollo más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible), págs.
ONU: la UE obvia el principo de responsabilidad común y diferenciada con su mecanismo de carbono
Dubái (EuroEFE).- El Mecanismo de Ajuste de Carbono en Frontera, la norma de la Unión Europea para gravar la importación de productos cuya fabricación genere más CO2 del permitido dentro de las fronteras del club comunitario, es una medida que obvia «el principio de responsabilidades comunes y diferenciadas» clave de la agenda climática, denunció la ONU.
UNCTAD at the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP28
Date: 1–12 DecemberLocation: Thematic Arena 3, Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates For the first time, trade is featured as a specific theme at the annual climate summit. UNCTAD, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), will jointly host the “Trade House pavilion”.
Review of Maritime Transport 2023
Review of Maritime Transport 2023 Your browser does not support the video tag. Balancing environmental sustainability, regulatory compliance and economic demands is vital for a prosperous, equitable and resilient future for maritime transport. UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan The maritime sector stands at a pivotal moment, facing the daunting challenge of decarbonization while navigating economic and geopolitical headwinds.
The world lacks an effective global system to deal with debt
The writer is an economist serving as secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development There is an alarming...
Geopolitics: The driving seat of globalization
The following article is based on the speech made by the author as the UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan at the opening of the organization’s 13th Debt Management Conference. We meet in a context of cascading crises, cascading inequalities, and chronic instability. Covid, climate change and the cost-of-living crisis are all increasing poverty and hunger at an alarming speed. Geopolitics, not economics, is now in the driving seat of globalization.
A World in Crisis Needs Both Trade and Aid
Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Featured, Financial Crisis, Global, Headlines, Inequity, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Opinion GENEVA, Aug 16 2022 (IPS) - We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more than three-quarters of a century ago. A quadruple shock of COVID, climate change, conflict and cost-of-living has undone years of hard-fought development gains.
Un mundo en crisis necesita comercio y ayuda
Atravesamos un periodo que es el más duro que ha conocido la economía mundial desde la creación del sistema multilateral de comercio hace más de tres cuartos de siglo. El choque cuádruple de la covid, el cambio climático, los conflictos y el coste de la vida ha deshecho años de beneficios para el desarrollo que costó mucho obtener.
Un monde en crise a besoin de commerce et d’aide
OPINION. En devenant plus écologique, plus inclusif et plus connecté, le commerce permettra au monde de repartir vers une croissance bénéfique et partagée, écrivent les dirigeantes de l’OMC, de la Cnuced et de l’ITC, alors que débute ce mercredi l’Examen global de l’Aide pour le commerce, à Genève
A world in crisis needs both trade and aid
We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more than three-quarters of a century ago. A quadruple shock of COVID-19, climate change, conflict and cost-of-living has undone years of hard-fought development gains. As financial conditions tighten, even countries that had seemed on track to prosperity and stability now stare into the abyss of debt distress, fragility and uncertainty about the future. Unable to view this article?
A world in crisis needs trade and aid
WE are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more than three-quarters of a century ago. A quadruple shock of Covid-19, climate change, conflict and cost-of-living issues has undone years of hard-fought development gains. As financial conditions tighten, even countries that seemed on track to prosperity and stability are now staring into the abyss of debt distress, fragility and uncertainty about the future.
Weathering a 'Perfect Storm' of Cascading Crises
Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Global, Headlines, Poverty & SDGs, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Reprint | | Print | Rebeca Grynspan is Secretary-General of UNCTAD GENEVA, May 27 2022 (IPS) - Climate change, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine – these crises threaten to derail development for 1.7 billion of the world’s most vulnerable people. The international community must take swift, coordinated action now to put the SDGs back on track.
Here's how we can resolve the global supply chain crisis
By Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD Vessels unload and load goods at the Port of Seattle, Washington, United States. Unsplash/Andy Li Our livelihoods – food, jobs, energy – depend on functioning and resilient global supply chains. Unfortunately, the uncertainty caused by the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic from region to region has made it difficult to resume business on a global scale.
New opportunities for accelerating pan-African trade
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has opened a new chapter for the continent and rekindled hopes for recovery through trade in a post COVID-19 world. As nations continue to battle a pandemic that does not respect national borders, the $3.4 trillion borderless market created by the AfCFTA presents an opportunity to reduce COVID-19 induced growth contraction, poverty and inequality trends, and spur sustainable and inclusive growth on the continent.
New opportunities for accelerating pan-African trade
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has opened a new chapter for the continent and rekindled hopes for recovery through trade in a post COVID-19 world. As nations continue to battle a pandemic that does not respect national borders, the $3.4 trillion borderless market created by the AfCFTA presents an opportunity to reduce COVID-19 induced growth contraction, poverty and inequality trends, and spur sustainable and inclusive growth on the continent.
New opportunities for accelerating pan-African trade
Summary As nations continue to battle a pandemic that does not respect national borders, the $3.4 trillion borderless market created by the AfCFTA presents an opportunity to reduce Covid-19-induced growth contraction, poverty and inequality trends, and spur sustainable and inclusive growth on the continent.
Africa: Money For Something - Financing a Global Climate Plan
The jury is still out on whether world leaders are ready to turn words into actions at COP26. At stake is life as we’ve known it for millennia. The recent IPCC report is unequivocal. Many of the climatic changes we are seeing around us are irreversible. We can still avert the worst-case scenarios with ambitious and dedicated decarbonization measures, but more extreme weather events and persistent environmental stress are now inevitable. The bad news is that no country is really prepared.
Sería un desastre volver al paradigma de políticas previas a la pandemia
En este mundo no son comunes las segundas oportunidades, pero puede que una esté cercana.
A second chance for global development
SHARE The author is former vice president of Costa Rica and Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Second chances are not common in this world, but one is arriving now. The scope and scale of government support for businesses and workers during the Covid-19 crisis of the last 18 months have swept aside entrenched policy dogmas.
A second chance for global development
GENEVA — Second chances are not common in this world, but one is arriving now. The COVID-19 pandemic has tested governments’ responsiveness and the resilience of economic systems everywhere, and changed social behavior and personal habits in previously unthinkable ways. There has also been cause for genuine hope amid the suffering.
Second chance for global development
SHARE Second chances are not common in this world, but one is arriving now. The scope and scale of government support for businesses and workers during the Covid-19 crisis of the last 18 months have swept aside entrenched policy dogmas. This has generated political momentum across advanced and developing economies to change the balance of power between the state and the market, and thereby foster a new consensus for achieving more equitable and sustainable growth.
A Second Chance for Global Development | by Rebeca Grynspan - Project Syndicate
The COVID-19 crisis has generated global political momentum to alter the balance of power between the state and the market in macroeconomic management. Hopes of building back better now hinge on the emergence of a new policy paradigm to help guide a just transition to a decarbonized world. GENEVA – Second chances are not common in this world, but one is arriving now.
A second chance for global development
GENEVA – Second chances are not common in this world, but one is arriving now. The scope and scale of government support for businesses and workers during the COVID-19 crisis of the last 18 months have swept aside entrenched policy dogmas. This has generated political momentum across advanced and developing economies to change the balance of power between the state and the market, and thereby foster a new consensus for achieving more equitable and sustainable growth.
El dramático impacto de la pandemia en las mujeres
El mundo enfrenta actualmente una crisis multidimensional de proporciones históricas: la peor, tal vez, en 100 años. Yo, sin duda alguna, lo confirmo: en todos mis años de economista, de política, de internacionalista, no había visto hechos y números como los que vemos ahora. En esta crisis global por excelencia, no hay país que se salve. Según las últimas previsiones del Fondo Monetario Internacional, la economía mundial se contraerá hasta un 4,4% en 2020.
Página quince: El dramático impacto de la pandemia en las mujeres
El mundo enfrenta una crisis multidimensional de proporciones históricas; la peor, tal vez, en 100 años. Yo, sin duda alguna, lo confirmo: en todos mis años de economista, política e internacionalista no había visto hechos y números como los de ahora. En esta crisis global por excelencia, no hay país que se salve. Según las últimas previsiones del Fondo Monetario Internacional, la economía mundial se contraerá hasta un 4,4 % en el 2020. Salvo China, ninguna gran economía del mundo crecerá este año.
Igualdad de género en Iberoamérica
Quién no conoce a alguna mujer iberoamericana que ha tenido que dejar su trabajo porque la sociedad no está organizada para poder conciliar la vida profesional con la familiar. O a alguna que, por su género, ha sido excluida de determinados empleos o discriminada por la seguridad social o la ley de herencia. Yo lo he vivido en carne propia.
Iberoamérica sigue siendo la mejor oportunidad
Actualizado:25/02/2019 01:31h Enviar noticia por correo electrónicoTu nombre *Tu correo electrónico *Su correo electrónico * Ha pasado mucho en América Latina en los últimos años. Vivimos un superciclo electoral que trajo cambios de color político en casi todos nuestros países; vimos una fuerte volatilidad cambiaria en nuestras monedas ante la subida de tipos de intereses en Estados Unidos; presenciamos con desazón el auge de retóricas proteccionistas en el mundo.
Tribuna | Es hora de invertir en la gente
Es hora de aceptarlo: hay una revolución tecnológica ocurriendo a nuestro alrededor que está cambiando radicalmente nuestro mundo. Es evidente en casi todos los ámbitos de nuestras vidas. Los móviles inteligentes ya modificaron nuestra manera de hacer política; la economía digital, la forma en la que hacemos las compras; la inteligencia artificial, el modo de entender nuestros gustos y encontrar, sin buscarla, nuestra próxima canción favorita.
Una cita con la historia
En breve se celebrará en La Antigua, Guatemala, un encuentro histórico: la XXVI Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno. Este 15 y 16 de noviembre todos los presidentes y primeros ministros de cada uno de los 22 países que conforman el espacio iberoamericano se encontrarán en un mismo ámbito, para hablar del futuro de nuestra región. Este encuentro cobra doble importancia por el momento en el que llega.
La XXVI Cumbre Iberoamericana en Guatemala, una cita con la historia
05 de noviembre de 2018 12:08 AM En breve se celebrará en La Antigua, Guatemala, un encuentro histórico: la XXVI Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno. El 15 y 16 de noviembre todos los presidentes y primeros ministros de cada uno de los 22 países que conforman el espacio iberoamericano se encontrarán en un mismo ámbito, con una misma lengua, para hablar del futuro de nuestra región. Este encuentro cobra doble importancia por el momento en el que llega.
La juventud iberoamericana, sin tiempo que perder
Más de un cuarta parte de la población iberoamericana tiene actualmente entre 15 y 29 años de edad. Son 150 millones de jóvenes que integran la cohorte más educada de nuestra historia y la más sofisticada en sus expectativas políticas, sociales, económicas, ambientales y culturales. A pesar de este hecho un 25% de ellos sufre de total exclusión, ya que no están integrados ni en el sector educativo ni en el mercado laboral. Atender esas expectativas es un inmenso desafío y una gran oportunidad.
Living free and equal
MADRID—In the quarter-century since the publication in 1990 of the first Human Development Report, the world has made astounding strides in reducing poverty and improving the health, education and living conditions of hundreds of millions of people. And yet, as impressive as these gains may be, they have not been distributed equally. Both between countries and within them, deep disparities in human development remain. Consider infant mortality.
Equality in good economics
In the quarter-century since the publication in 1990 of the first Human Development Report, the world has made astounding strides in reducing poverty and improving the health, education and living conditions of hundreds of millions of people. And yet, as impressive as these gains may be, they have not been distributed equally. Both between countries and within them, deep disparities in human development remain. Consider infant mortality.
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