Equal Footing: Building Pathways for Landlocked Developing Countries to Participate in Global Economy By Joyce Chimbi Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/08/equal-footing-building-pathways-for-landlocked-developing-countries-to-participate-in-global-economy/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latin_Americas_Electric_Mobility_on_Chinas_Path_Africas_LandLinked_Nations_Chart_a_New_Trade_Route_t AWAZA, Turkmenistan, Aug 5 2025 (IPS) - Heads of State, ministers, investors and grassroots leaders are gathered in Awaza on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast for a once-in-a-decade UN conference aimed at rewiring the global system in support of 32 landlocked developing countries whose economies are often ‘locked out’ of opportunity due to their lack of access to the sea. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.