More investment is not the same as better investment. What changes a country's future is what comes with the money: technology, skills, and work for local firms.

Artificial intelligence, semiconductors, critical minerals, clean energy now take almost half the value of all new investment projects. In 2020 it was 16%. Who builds them is the question. ➡️ Read the article: https://ow.ly/vjSx50ZKLvZ

When a disruption in the Strait of Hormuz pushes up energy and shipping costs, the cost of credit decides who stays in global trade. A small business in a developing economy borrows at 15.8%. In a developed economy, 6.3%. ➡️ Read the analysis: https://ow.ly/YkAg50ZKvty

623 proposals came in for the second Supply Chain Innovation Challenge, now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part. Finalists will hear from us at the end of September; the winner is announced at an online ceremony. ➡️ https://ow.ly/Pr8850ZJtYH

In Hangzhou, artificial intelligence is already making silk more sustainable, and running finance and robotics. Day one in China for Acting Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno, who met the people building it. Technology only serves people if they can reach it.

Services delivered online — software, design, accounting — are now 56% of the world's services exports, growing 7.1% a year. In the least developed countries, they are 16%. Why the gap is widening ➡️ https://ow.ly/FWy850ZJz5N

Trade decides what food costs, which factories hire, and which countries get to grow. UN Trade and Development works with 195 countries to make it work for more of them — through data, analysis and support to governments. ➡️ https://ow.ly/JaXL50ZJCkr

56% of the services the world exports can now be delivered online. The least developed countries account for 0.6% of world services exports. Not a question of talent, but of connectivity, payment systems and skills. 🔗 https://ow.ly/nn5r50ZJw0n

Join us in Doha. The World Investment Forum 2026, 25–27 October. Heads of state, ministers and investors from more than 160 countries, around one theme: investing in the future. ➡️ https://ow.ly/vQCj50ZJ0Ng #WIF2026

Lower-income countries receive just 10% of new investment in artificial intelligence, chips and clean energy. How they get in: on the agenda at the World Investment Forum, Doha, 25–27 October. ➡️ Read the article: https://ow.ly/vmVU50ZISWa #WIF26

The world's money is not going where it used to. From 25 to 27 October in Doha, the governments, investors and businesses who decide where it goes meet at the World Investment Forum. ➡️ https://ow.ly/eKbw50ZGC8w

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not. This week we brought entrepreneurs from Africa, Asia and Latin America to Silicon Valley, and signed a partnership with Founder Institute to open doors for founders far from it. ➡️ https://ow.ly/ihVm50ZGxk2

Who decides what the world builds next? In October, governments, investors and businesses meet in Doha to work that out. Artificial intelligence. Climate and oceans. Sustainable finance. Entrepreneurship. 25–27 October. ➡️ https://ow.ly/Y2FW50ZG2BP #WIF2026

Join us in Doha. The World Investment Forum 2026, 25–27 October. Ministers and investors from more than 160 countries, on climate, artificial intelligence and where the world's capital goes next. ➡️ https://ow.ly/VjyB50ZFcmM #WIF2026

2weeks left to apply, UNCTAD wants to hear from you 📢 Got a tech solution to make supply chains stronger? 🏆 Winner joins the Global Supply Chain Forum in Riyadh, 29 Nov–1 Dec. Travel covered. ⏰ Deadline: 4 Sept 📝 https://ow.ly/Xvm050Zy6F9

🚀 UN Trade and Development and Founder Institute are joining up to connect entrepreneurs with mentors, investors and founders around the world. 🤝 The partnership launches at FounderX, Silicon Valley — 25–27 August https://ow.ly/I6KR50ZBr8s

🚀 UN Trade and Development and Founder Institute are joining up to connect entrepreneurs with mentors, investors and founders around the world. 🤝 The partnership launches at FounderX, Silicon Valley — 25–27 August https://ow.ly/5QEE50ZBqZO

118 countries have no seat at the tables where the rules for artificial intelligence are being written. Most of them are developing countries. Safety, transparency and accountability are being decided without them. ➡️ Read the analysis: https://ow.ly/niXy50ZzSW9

On #WorldPhotographyDay, here is the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) photo that was selected at the exhibition “Shared Lives, Shared Future”: https://ow.ly/KFiC50ZyGy1

On World Humanitarian Day, a reminder that economic shocks are where many emergencies start. Nearly 1 billion people live in countries where a jump in fuel prices strains the same budgets that pay for food, medicine and transport. ➡️ Read the analysis: https://ow.ly/2EcB50Zz0rr

Next stop for UN trade and Development? Silicon Valley. UN Trade and Development and Founder Institute are joining up to connect entrepreneurs with mentors, investors and founders around the world. Learn more: https://ow.ly/bRu450ZzU1M

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3 weeks left to apply, UNCTAD wants to hear from you 📢 Got a tech solution to make supply chains stronger? 🏆 Winner joins the Global Supply Chain Forum in Riyadh, 29 Nov–1 Dec. Travel covered. ⏰ Deadline: 4 Sept 📝 https://ow.ly/KOAQ50Zy6yN

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Trade in goods grew 12.5% in the first half of 2026, reaching US$13.7 trillion. Our Global Trade Update tracks where trade is heading, every month. This edition: what artificial intelligence and electric vehicles are doing to it. ➡️ Read it: https://ow.ly/OVqW50Zzx9e

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Global trade is shifting. Are you watching? United Nations #Insights brings sharp, timely intelligence on global trade, the economy and development to your inbox. Stay informed. Stay ahead. ▶️ https://ow.ly/SGKV50Zzlv4

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Everyone argues about tariffs. For most countries, the paperwork costs more. 88% pay more for hidden trade rules than for tariffs. Numbers like this, in your inbox, as often as you want. ➡️ https://ow.ly/YYMj50ZyZz1

The global economy isn't abstract. It's your grocery bill, six months earlier. UN Trade and Development Insights sends you the numbers behind it. ➡️ Subscribe: https://ow.ly/vrF950Zynjo