The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has just published its Technology and Innovation Report 2021 entitled “Catching technological waves: Innovation with equity”. It examines the likelihood of frontier technologies, such as gene editing, artificial intelligence and robotics, widening existing inequalities and creating new ones. It also addresses the national and international policies, instruments and institutional reforms that are needed to create a more equal world of opportunity for all, leaving no one behind. See the report (in English), the report overview (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and press materials (in English, French and Spanish) at https://unctad.org/webflyer/technology-and-innovation-report-2021 or contact [email protected] for more information. This is the 6^th publication in the Technology and Innovation Report flagship series which UNCTAD launched in 2010 to address issues in science, technology and innovation that are topical and important for developing countries in a comprehensive way with an emphasis on policy-relevant analysis and conclusions.

16/03/2021