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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 1h

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. 63 sessions, 7 thematic tracks, 3 days shaping the future of global investment at #WIF2026. ➡️ Full programme: ow.ly/5HAv50ZT4Px

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 4h

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. H.E. Abdulhamid Al Dabiba, Prime Minister of Libya, joins the speakers at #WIF2026, at a moment of real uncertainty for global investment. ➡️ ow.ly/nR0p50ZT49K

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 9h

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. Where capital, policy and projects meet. The programme, by the numbers: 64 sessions, 196 speakers, 7 thematic tracks. Full programme: ow.ly/oq0750ZRqAX #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 22h

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. 225 speakers confirmed: heads of state, ministers, chief executives, sovereign wealth funds, entrepreneurs and academics. The people who decide where investment goes. ➡️ ow.ly/cMwR50ZSPBW

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Global investment hit US$1.6 trillion in 2025. Flows to developing economies fell. At #UNGA81, Pedro Manuel Moreno called for fairer rules on artificial intelligence, more finance for development and green industry in least developed countries. ➡️ ow.ly/AVC650ZSBcN

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. Media accreditation is now open. Journalists, photographers and camera crews can apply until 20 October. Apply: ow.ly/umEF50ZRqlx #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At #UNGA81 in New York, Acting Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno carried one message across the meetings: trade, investment and digital cooperation have to work for developing countries. AI governance, the Strait of Hormuz, the Global Grids Accelerator, LDCs and more.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. The 9th edition brings the world together to explore how investment can drive sustainable development, under the theme "Investing in the future". Register: ow.ly/8cCK50ZRpRk #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. Why attend? Frontier-market opportunities, global capital providers, and the policymakers shaping the next wave of investment. Register: ow.ly/eaKF50ZRpus #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. Why the world is watching. Global investment is entering a period of profound uncertainty. The forum is where policymakers and investors come together to shape the response. Register: ow.ly/h8x750ZRoWE #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. "Investing in the future" brings together those who allocate capital, shape investment policy and build the projects transforming the global economy. Register: ow.ly/5Jpw50ZRoBW #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rising interest payments have squeezed development spending in 99 developing countries, home to 5.5 billion people. The Borrowers' Platform holds its first Governing Council in Bangkok on 12 October, alongside the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. Read the article: ow.ly/ZYeB50ZRmE1

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Four weeks to go. Registration is open. Hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Qatar. ow.ly/hZ3550ZRo6x #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Global foreign direct investment rose 14% last year. Flows to developing economies fell. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development at "Financing the Future", co-convened by Morocco and undp. Read the data: ow.ly/Kb2550ZRk9b

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New online course: how artificial intelligence can make trade faster, safer and simpler at the border. Starts 27 October. About 10 hours online, live sessions with experts and a certificate at the end. Register: ow.ly/6f7x50ZQbbJ

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Emerging middle powers carry far more economic and political weight today than they did two decades ago. The question is what they do with it. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development at the North-South Roundtable in New York, hosted by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Peace cannot be built on a collapsed economy. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development on the urgency of reconstruction and on rebuilding a functioning economy for the Palestinian people. Read the report: ow.ly/GccN50ZR4vI

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

92% of the economic establishments that generate jobs and income in Gaza are damaged or destroyed. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development on what is left of Gaza's economy: about US$0.58 per person per day, prices 274% above 2022. Read the article: ow.ly/84ep50ZR4h6

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

US$71.5 billion is what the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza will cost, and the figure may still rise. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development on the latest joint assessment by the World Bank, the European Union and United Nations. Read the article: ow.ly/ubtz50ZR3W5

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Gaza's recovery and reconstruction needs are estimated at US$71.5 billion. A new report by UN Trade and Development finds 92% of Gaza's economic establishments have been damaged or destroyed, and unemployment at 78%. ➡️ Read the article: ow.ly/JpgJ50ZQTw6

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In Gaza, economic output is now about US$0.58 per person per day. A new report by UN Trade and Development, part of @un.org, puts recovery and reconstruction needs at US$71.5 billion. ➡️ Read the report: ow.ly/BxsE50ZQVjZ

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

⚡ "The real electricity revolution is happening now." Pedro Manuel Moreno at the launch of the Global Grids Accelerator at @un.org HQ in New York. By 2030, the world adds 1,100 TWh of new electricity demand a year. Yet 750 million people still have no power.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Investment in strategic sectors went from 109 billion dollars in 2020 to 576 billion in 2025, almost half of all new investment. High-income economies take 72% of it. ow.ly/w1ji50ZQEqL

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Digital services make up 61% of services exports in advanced economies. In the poorest, 16%. Services are reshaping global trade, and digital services are growing fastest. Connectivity, costs and skills keep many countries out. ➡️ Read the update: ow.ly/qutV50ZQyEG

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. In 2025, companies invested 1.6 trillion dollars in businesses abroad. Most of it went to just 20 countries. Convened by @un.org #WIF2026 Learn more and register: ow.ly/ierH50ZQs5L

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The World Investment Forum returns to Doha from 25 to 27 October: "Investing in the Future." #WIF2026 brings together those who allocate capital, shape investment policy and build projects changing the world economy. Hosted by the State of Qatar. Register: ow.ly/7sES50ZQ3O6

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Live tonight, 22:00 Geneva / 16:00 New York Pedro Manuel Moreno, Acting Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development, on how Strait of Hormuz disruption is driving an energy, fertilizer and food crisis. SDG Media Zone, UN General Assembly #UNGA81 ow.ly/ki3350ZPNEs

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New York, 21 September. Pedro Manuel Moreno, Acting Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development, is at the UN General Assembly for a week of high-level meetings. Today he opens a Digital Cooperation Day discussion on AI governance, data and shared technical standards. #UNGA81

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, will speak at the World Investment Forum, 25-27 October in Doha, Qatar. The world's leading investment conference. #WIF2026 Register: ow.ly/bM4x50ZPG6r

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Digitally delivered services: 56% of world services exports. In the least developed countries, 16%. At the World Trade Organization Public Forum, UN Trade and Development set out what closing that gap takes. ➡️ ow.ly/JICA50ZPiNU #WTOPublicForum

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Five weeks to the 9th World Investment Forum. Doha, 25 to 27 October. Sovereign funds, development banks, investors and the policymakers who write the rules they invest under, in one place. ➡️ ow.ly/YB7e50ZPhSo #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Investing in the future" is the theme of the 9th World Investment Forum, Doha, 25 to 27 October. The harder question behind it: who invests long term when confidence is short? ➡️ ow.ly/K5po50ZPhoa #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Latin America produces more than half of the world's raw lithium. The question is what the region builds with it. Argentina, Brazil and Chile are taking three different routes. What separates a mining boom from an industrial one. ➡️ Read the analysis: ow.ly/qIzS50ZOMZn

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Luz María de la Mora at the World Trade Organization Public Forum in Geneva, 17 September. She moderated a session on critical mineral supply chains: how do mineral-rich developing countries move beyond exporting raw material? #WTOPublicForum

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Doha, 25 to 27 October. The 9th World Investment Forum. Artificial intelligence. Small business. Investment policy. Sustainable finance. Tourism and culture. Climate and oceans. Special economic zones. ➡️ ow.ly/WBXT50ZOGkS #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Applications close on 25 September. A free online course on the trade rules for lithium, cobalt and copper - and what they mean for women. From 30 September to 15 November 2026. ➡️ ow.ly/QeAL50ZMzB4

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🔴 Follow live tonight, 21:00 Geneva. UN Security Council, New York. Pedro Manuel Moreno on protecting freedom of navigation: when one chokepoint closes, trade costs rise everywhere, and hardest for the economies least able to absorb them. UN Web TV: ow.ly/602r50ZOJ0T

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A third of the world's seaborne fertilizer trade normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. The UN Secretary-General has set up a task force to keep those routes predictable, starting with fertilizers. UN Trade and Development is part of it. #WTOPublicForum

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At the World Trade Organization Public Forum, Acting Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno set out what the Strait of Hormuz disruption means for the countries least able to absorb it. 61 least developed countries and small island developing States import both oil and cereals. #WTOPublicForum

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Artificial intelligence, semiconductors, critical minerals and clean energy now attract nearly half of all new investment worldwide, up from 16% in 2020. A structural rewiring of the global economy in real time, says Acting Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno. ➡️ ow.ly/3ya850ZOhlx

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The world is not short of capital. It is short of agreement on where it should go. The 9th World Investment Forum. Doha, 25 to 27 October. Sovereign funds, development banks, investors and the policymakers who set the rules, in one place. ➡️ ow.ly/5VcE50ZOcOl #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Real progress is measurable. Much of it still isn't measured. In developed economies, income per person rose 12% over the past decade. Women's pay relative to men's improved by 1%. A new dashboard of 31 indicators tracks what growth misses. ➡️ ow.ly/oNYj50ZNWjO

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A country's economy can grow while its people are worse off. Gross domestic product cannot tell the difference. Our new report measures seven things instead of one, from health and education to environmental quality and governance. ➡️ ow.ly/4Rj550ZNQMW

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

More than 80% of what the world trades moves by sea. Two of the main routes are disrupted at once. Pedro Manuel Moreno at our Trade and Development Board in Geneva: shocks travel quickly, but they leave slowly. ➡️ ow.ly/6Ut950ZNPGx

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The World Investment Forum opens in Doha on 25 October, under the theme "Investing in the future". Convened by UN Trade and Development and hosted by Qatar, reaffirming the commitment of the @un.org to peace and to the region. 25 to 27 October 2026. ➡️ ow.ly/Ujjt50ZNptn

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Two shipping chokepoints are disrupted at once. Avoiding Bab el-Mandeb adds a month at sea for Saudi crude heading to South Korea: roughly 54 days instead of about 24. Pedro Manuel Moreno at our Trade and Development Board in Geneva. ➡️ ow.ly/Ljm850ZNhxj

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

11% of the world's seaborne trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz. When traffic fell by over 95%, energy, fertilizer and food prices followed within days. Our Trade and Development Board opened its high-level segment in Geneva today. ➡️ ow.ly/ZA7U50ZNaR5

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

UN Trade and Development went to Silicon Valley - with entrepreneurs from Africa, Asia and Latin America. From 25 to 27 August they joined FounderX and were invited into Google, NVIDIA and 500 Global. Talent is everywhere. Opportunity should be too. #FounderX

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The World Investment Forum opens in six weeks. Do you know what it is? The United Nations' flagship event for the global investment community - where policy, capital and enterprise meet. From 25 to 27 October, in Doha. Learn more: ow.ly/xksL50ZMu3l #WIF2026

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A free online course, open to all. Demand for lithium, cobalt and copper is climbing, and the trade rules around them are being written now. What do those rules mean for women? 30 Sept - 15 Nov. Apply by 25 September. ➡️ ow.ly/1Yih50ZMzbw

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