Overview
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the UN Development Account (DA) explored opportunities for short-term rapid interventions to tackle concrete challenges deriving from the insecurity caused by the pandemic. Five projects were decided upon to help developing countries alleviate the socio-economic impact of the pandemic, including the project on UN Transport and Trade Connectivity in the age of pandemics (UNTTC) which is the subject of this evaluation.UNTTC was implemented by the UNConference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),as overall coordinating entity,together with the five UN Regional Commissions: the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), andthe Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The project constituted three clusters concerning contactless, seamless and collaborative solutions for trade and transportled byECE, UNCTAD and ESCAP respectively. The scope of UNTTCwas global but targeted Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).