Trade and development report 2008

UNCTAD announced the publication of the Trade and Development Report 2008, subtitled Commodity prices, capital flows and the financing of investment. It highlights the paradox that the “capital poor” developing world is exporting capital to the “capital rich” developed countries. According to the report, the uncertainty and instability in international financial, currency and commodity markets present considerable risks for the developing world. Download the report in full (pdf, 4.2 MB) or in parts.