The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released a comprehensive Training Facilitation Guide on Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence (hHRDD) to support companies operating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs). As global standards evolve and expectations on corporate conduct increase,…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report, A Decade of Global Support to Social Development (October 2025), provides a comprehensive review of global social development progress and challenges over the past decade (2015–2024). It highlights UNDP’s role in supporting countries…
UNDP Report – July 2025 Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) face unique structural barriers to growth, from a lack of seaport access to high trade costs, climate vulnerabilities, and limited financing options. Representing 7% of the world’s population but only 1.1%…
Left to Right: Mr. Sand Mba-Kalu, Founder of the International Trade and Research Center and Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the All Africa Intellectual Property (IP) Summit 2024; Dr. Sylvance Okoth, Executive Secretary of the East African Science and…
THE PREDICAMENT OF COMMODITY-DEPENDENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Introduction The Commodities and Development Report 2023, published by the UN Trade and Development, sheds light on the challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries (CDDCs) and the need for economic diversification amidst global challenges…