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By Bineswaree Bolaky The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a development priority in the global South, where most of the scope for reducing poverty and inequality and creating decent jobs lie. The SDGs have been mainstreamed in the national development strategies of many developing countries from the global South. For the goals [...]

This report from the World Trade Organization (WTO) explores how African countries can leverage the multilateral trading system to take greater advantage of international markets and promote economic transformation, and highlights the WTO's deep involvement in the region, with 16.0 per cent of all technical assistance activities focused on African countries, the highest of any [...]

Business environment has been recognized as containing critical elements that affect the performance of firms and entrepreneurs and one of the pre-requisites for economic growth and poverty reduction in developing and transitioning economies. Improving the business environment has been an important part of China’s 40-year reform and opening up. Since 2013, China has taken business [...]

Covid-19 has dealt a devastating economic blow around the world. From individuals who can no longer afford to pay for food, to SMEs unable to cover their rent, to national governments struggling with their balance of payments and skyrocketing health expenditures, the economic impacts of Covid-19 have been sweeping in scope and depth. Although little [...]

The ASEAN Gender Outlook is the first regional flagship publication jointly produced by ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW), the ASEAN Secretariat and UN Women. It is dedicated to track progress towards gender equality and SDGs in the ASEAN region. It calls for increased investment in gender data and evidence, which is important to inform policy [...]

Business integrity goes well beyond anti-corruption compliance, and touches upon diversity, inclusion and gender equality. Phenomena like discrimination, gender pay gap, exclusion from business opportunities, bullying, and sexual and other types of harassment are all examples of integrity flaws that not only hamper the internal environment of a company, but also impact the lives of [...]

Southern-Led Development Finance examines some of the innovative new south-south financial arrangements and institutions that have emerged in recent years, as countries from the Global South seek to transform their economies and to shield themselves from global economic turbulence. Even before the Covid-19 crisis, it was clear to many that the global economy needed a reset [...]

Global policy frameworks such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require collective action across national, regional, and global levels and different policy areas. At a time when multilateralism is increasingly being contested, it is crucial to develop constructive ways for intensifying cooperation across these levels to achieve [...]

The second volume of South-South Network for Public Service Innovation (SSN4PSI) Matchmaker report presents 24 cases that have been made available and adapted by the various members of the organization between 2019 and 2020. In addition to the case studies of the development solutions from Governments and non-state actors, the Matchmaker shows a summary of [...]

The Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week organized by UNOCT, brought together the Member States, United Nations entities, civil society representatives, international and regional organizations, thought leaders, the private sector and other key stakeholders to improve our collective understanding of the impact and potential consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on terrorism landscape, as well as Member States’ counter-terrorism [...]