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Partnership Guide: UNIDO Business Partnerships for Industrial Development
A guide for the public and private sectors involved in United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) partnerships. More
Haiti-6 months after
This brochure highlights progress achieved by the humanitarian community working
in support of the Government of Haiti in key sectors over the last six months. These
include the distribution of emergency shelters to over 1.5 million people and of food to
4.3 million Haitians. More than one million...
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Haiti Earthquake Response, 6-Month Report
The report describes the response of the humanitarian community to the earthquake, outlining the main achievements and challenges encountered, proposes lessons which can be learned from the initial phase of the humanitarian response, and summarizes some aspects of the way forward. More
Win-win solutions
UN agencies are cooperating with businesses on a large scale, to mutual benefit.
The projects work in two directions: business provides know-how and resources to the UN, while the UN develops programmes that help to create an environment supportive of businesses, economic growth and sustainable...
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Integrating SMEs in Global Value Chains: Towards Partnership for Development 2001
This document surveys the changing role of the private sector in economic and industrial development, reviews how the formation of TNC-SME linkages and the insertion of SMEs into global value chains can contribute to SME development, and assesses the measures that national and multinational bodies... More
UNIDO Partnership with Private Business: Rationale, Benefits, Risks and Approaches 2001
This publication is a 50 page report of an Expert Group Meeting held on 30th and 31st October 2000. A wide range of participants from the public and the private sector made presentations on the role of partnership in industrial development, including the development of value chains and SME... More
UN-Business Focal Point
The UN-Business Focal Point seeks to enhance communication among UN Private Sector Focal points, thereby advancing the sharing of best practice and lessons on partnership activities across the UN system More
UNIDO Magazine
The goal of Making It, the UNIDO Magazine, is to throw a positive light on issues connected with environmental matters, the global economy and climate change, to stimulate reflection and debate on both the challenges and the solutions, to be critical but also constructive. It is not a publication... More
UNIDO: Farms to Markets Newsletter
The 2008 food crisis made it very clear that developing countries are extremely vulnerable to fluctuations in food prices and supplies. In its first International Conference on Sharing Innovative Agribusiness Solutions, UNIDO brought together over 400 participants from more than 65 countries to... More
UNIDO New Reports
The most recent reports published by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on a range of economic issues. More