Rebeca Grynspan

Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Rebeca Grynspan, of Costa Rica, is the first woman and Central American to be appointed as UNCTAD’s secretary-general. She is an economist and was formerly Ibero-American secretary-general. Ms Grynspan's career spans many years, during which she has held several high-level positions including, among others, former under secretary-general of the UN and associate administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP). She has also served as UNDP’s regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, been a member of the High-level Panel on Financing for Development, and was vice president of Costa Rica (1994 to 1998).

Articles by Rebeca Grynspan

1. Weathering a “perfect storm” of cascading crises

   Rebeca Grynspan

   Global governance — Global

   Climate change, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine – these crises threaten to derail development for 1.7 billion of the world’s most vulnerable people. The international community must take swift, coordinated action now to put the SDGs back on track

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   20 May 2022

   SDGs: 1 2 12 16 17