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Developing Asia attracted $644 billion in foreign direct investment in 2025, up from $623 billion a year earlier, United Nations Trade and Development said in its World Investment Report 2026. The gain kept the region as the largest FDI recipient

Africa drew $70 billion in foreign direct investment in 2025, its third-highest level since 1990, according to UN Trade and Development. The total fell from the exceptional $94 billion recorded in 2024. It still stood about one third above the

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to become a major driver of economic transformation, with its market value projected to reach $4.8 trillion by 2033, according to the latest report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). However,

Global trade surged to a record $33 trillion in 2024, marking a 3.7% expansion worth $1.2 trillion, according to the latest Global Trade Update released by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Despite this growth, the report warns of increasing uncertainty

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has emphasized Africa’s vulnerability to global economic shocks in its Economic Development in Africa Report 2024. The report, released in Geneva, examines how past crises including the 2008 financial collapse, the

The global trade sector is set to achieve a record $33 trillion in 2024, a $1 trillion increase compared to 2023, according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This represents an annual growth

MENA Newswire News Desk: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has reported that global economic growth is expected to stagnate at 2.7 percent for both 2024 and 2025. This marks a notable decline from the 3 percent

MENA Newswire News Desk: The World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat, under the leadership of Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has announced its agenda for participation at the upcoming COP29 Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. Scheduled for November, the WTO will collaborate