The Commodities and Development Report 2021: Escaping from the Commodity Dependence Trap through Technology and Innovation was prepared by Janvier D. Nkurunziza (team leader), Stefan Csordás and Marco Fugazza, from the Commodities Branch of the Division on International Trade and Commodities of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Clovis Freire was also part of the team and prepared the contributions from the Division on Technology and Logistics of UNCTAD, namely chapters 4 and 6. He also provided data on the technology indicators used in chapter 2. Weijing Ye provided substantive inputs and research assistance during her internship at UNCTAD. The contribution of the Division on Technology and Logistics is highly appreciated.

A peer review meeting was organized on 17 February 2021 in Geneva to discuss the draft report. From UNCTAD, Junior Davis (Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes) and Tansuğ Ok (Division on International Trade and Commodities) provided detailed written comments. The other participants who provided written or oral comments are the following: Ludovico Alcorta (external expert); Rachid Amui, Taro Boel, Alexandra Laurent, Claudine Sigam and Aimable Uwizeye-Mapendano (Commodities Branch of UNCTAD); and Anida Yupari (Office of the Secretary-General of UNCTAD). Graham Mott (Office of the Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities) also provided comments.

At UNCTAD, the Intergovernmental Support Service provided editing of the report; Danièle Boglio and Catherine Katongola-Lindelof provided administrative support; and Nadège Hadjémian prepared the overall design and the cover. Layout of the report was undertaken by Carlos Bragunde López and Juan Carlos Korol, of the United Nations Office at Geneva.