This report by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) analyzes current trends in global economic development, studies trade in the era of hyperglobalization, explores economic development in the digital world, and touches upon infrastructure-based development and structural transformations.

On 20–21 September 2018, the Second Eurasian Women’s Forum will take place in St. Petersburg, organized by the Russian Federation Council and the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and operated by the Roscongress Foundation. Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko talks about the events being planned, women’s role in business, and gender equality.

The report by UNCTAD examines how recent policy trends and practices, mainly those under the African Continental Free Trade Area, will impact prospects for more inclusive growth, given increasing inequalities both between and within countries in the region and the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.