SMEs can benefit from integrating growth with environmental sustainability
Accounting for about 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the industrial sector is accelerating its efforts to achieve net zero by 2050 or sooner and make environmental sustainability an imperative in response to the growing urgency of climate change....
GEM 2023/2024 Global Report – 25 Years and Growing
Entrepreneurial education in most economies continues to be assessed as poor by national entrepreneurship experts, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2023/2024 Global Report, titled 25 Years and Growing. It’s been 25 years since GEM ...
MSMEs and the Agenda 2030
Micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) contribute to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). MSMEs help reduce levels of poverty through job creation and economic growth, they are k...
UNIDO publishes the Industrial Development Report (IDR) 2024
UNIDO’s new flagship publication, the 2024 edition of the Industrial Development Report (IDR), entitled “Turning Challenges into Sustainable Solutions: The New Era of Industrial Policy”, shows the transformative potential of modern industrial polic...
FAO releases new discussion paper on “Small and medium enterprises and nutrition: understanding linkages, seizing opportunities”
Multiple actors should be mobilized to ensure that agrifood systems help meet nutrition and sustainability objectives. Among these, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in the supply of food are of crucial importance as they constitute the bulk of ...
AI is here to stay. New report shows what small businesses need to know
ITC (International Trade Center), in collaboration with Trade Finance Global, launched a report on how small businesses can use the rapidly changing technology. The key challenge is to strike a balance between using artificial intelligence to increase pro...
A Global initiative to support SMEs in going digital
Co-organised by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities in cooperation with Business at OECD, the OECD Digital for SMEs Global Initiative (D4SME) intended to promote knowledge sharing and learnings on how different types of SMEs ca...
Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa
Africa’s progress in entrepreneurship, digital innovation, and its young population lays a solid foundation for achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union Agenda 2063. To accomplish their goals, the co...
Women, Business and the Law 2024: Breaking Down Barriers to Achieve Gender Equality
Women, Business and the Law 2024 This year’s report, the 10th in the series, finds that women worldwide continue to have fewer legal rights than men and that the weak implementation of gender equality laws exacerbates gender gaps. For the first time...
European Commission launched AI innovation package to support Artificial Intelligence startups and SMEs
On 24 January, the Commission has launched a package of measures to support European startups and SMEs in the development of trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) that respects EU values and rules. This follows the political agreement reached in Decemb...
