1 IntroductionOver the past decade, an increasing number of firms across sectors such as travel, entertainment, retail, and platform-based services, have transitioned to algorithmic pricing mechanisms. These mechanisms involve the deployment of software that automates price setting and are mainly used by firms aiming to optimise pricing decisions in ...
New York, 20-25 September - Marking the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, this year’s high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly gathered world leaders in an environment marked by political crises and calls for far-reaching organizational reform.With the changing international trade landscape and global supply chain disruptions loom...
The Jordan Trade and Logistics Performance Gateway enables real-time identification of bottlenecks, accelerates reforms, and measures their impact instantly. It also empowers traders with full supply chain visibility for smarter, faster, and more cost-efficient trade.Inaugurated by the Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Sami Smeirat, the Jor...
In Myanmar today, millions of young people are ‘on hold’ — unable to learn, work, or build their futures. This second report in UNDP’s Myanmar Youth Series, following A Generation on the Move, examines the broken pathways from education to employment. Drawing on the voices of more than 7,000 youth nationwide, the findings show that one in four is ...
At a meeting on 2 October, the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) advanced preparations for thematic discussions on critical and emerging technologies, good regulatory practices and metrology in trade to be held in November. WTO members also considered further refining their notification processes and the way their TBT measures are tracked ...
On 2 October 2025, Indonesia issued Minister of Investment Regulation No. 5 of 2025, reducing the minimum paid-up capital requirement for foreign-owned limited liability companies from IDR 10 billion (approximately $640,000) to IDR 2.5 billion (approximately $160,000). The regulation entered into force upon its issuance on 2 October 2025.Nature of measure:...
ForewordThe OECD “Measuring” monographs on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) are internationally recognised vehicles for communicating analysis of key and novel aspects of science and innovation. They address gaps in the provision and use of STI indicators and serve as reference documents to drive the measurement and analysis agenda for better, ev...
Following the call from stakeholders at the High-level IIA Conference 2024, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is in the process of developing Guiding Principles for IIA Reform, to facilitate IIA reform for sustainable development. The principles build on UNCTAD’s leading role as the convening forum on IIA reform, core policy guidance developed since 2012,...
BUILDING CATALYTIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR PROSPERITY:FOREWORD As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, one feature defines our progress at the Asian In frastructure Investment Bank: partnering with others for greater impact. Development pres ents immense challenges that no organization can face alone. At AIIB, partnerships are at the core of ...
FOREWORDHealth is the very foundation of every field of human endeavor. Health is wealth — not just in the economic sense, but in the broadest definition of the term. Personal wealth is built through the innovation and hard work of individuals in good mental and physical health. And national prosperity ensues. Yet one major concern humanity must a...
