New report:
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The TRACIT report, "Examining the negative impacts of illicit trade on SDG 8", updates key findings from the 2019 Mapping the Impact of Illicit Trade on the Sustainable Development Goals to focus on the impacts of illicit trade on decent work and inclusive economic growth. Additionally, it incorporates observations on how the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the illicit trade economy.
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Featured report:
Mapping the Impact of Illicit Trade on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Despite the recognition of international trade as an important means to achieve the SDGs, insufficient attention has been given to the substantial impact that illicit trade has on holding back progress.
In order to help governments and business better understand how their efforts to achieve sustainable development must account for the negative forces of illicit trade, the TRACIT report Mapping the Impact of Illicit Trade on the Sustainable Development Goals evaluates the impact of illicit trade on the 17 UN SDGs in the following sectors: agri-foods, alcohol, fisheries, forestry, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, precious metals and gemstones, pesticides, tobacco, wildlife and all forms of counterfeiting and piracy. From smuggling, counterfeiting and tax evasion, to the illegal sale or possession of goods, services, humans and wildlife, illicit trade is compromising the attainment of the UN SDGs in significant ways, crowding out legitimate economic activity, depriving governments of revenues for investment in vital public services, dislocating millions of legitimate jobs and causing irreversible damage to ecosystems and human lives.
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