Executive summaryMobile phones and the internet are revolutionizing financial inclusion, enabling more people to access and use digital financial services to manage their financial lives. From mobile money accounts accessible on basic phones to bank-account-linked wallets used on smartphones, digital services are fulfilling their promise of being more acce...
UNESCO launches the first edition of the UNESCO Global Report on Cultural Policies | Culture: The missing SDG during the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2025, on 29 September 2025, in Barcelona, Spain.Mestiz. Gallo & Gavilan tapestriesThe landmark publication is the first of its kind to cover all r...
At the regional level, ASEAN continues to support the rule-based multilateral trading system with the WTO principles as core.KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Zafrul Aziz said the ASEAN Economic Committee Council (AECC) will convene in late October to discuss the latest issues related to the US’s tariff policy.According ...
9月21日，联合国教科文组织国际STEM教育研究所在上海正式成立。教育部部长怀进鹏、上海市市长龚正、联合国教科文组织总干事阿祖莱出席成立仪式并致辞。怀进鹏代表中国政府与阿祖莱签署联合国教科文组织国际STEM教育研究所《所址协定》和《运行协定》。 怀进鹏向研究所正式成立表示热烈祝贺，向上海市委、市政府对研究所筹建提供的有力支持表示衷心感谢。他指出，国际STEM教育研究所...
Experimentation with almost 70 market participants highlights digital euro’s potential to foster innovation and financial inclusionECB to launch second round of experimentation through platform next year to maximise innovation potentialConditional payments identified as possible key driver of innovation for consumers and businessesA digital euro could fos...
1. The Thirteenth East Asia Summit (EAS) Economic Ministers’ Meeting was held on 25 September 2025 in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry of Malaysia. The Meeting also welcomed H.E. Filipus Nino Pereira, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Democratic Republi...
1. ASEAN alongside Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea gathered in Kuala Lumpur on 25 September 2025 for the Fourth RCEP Ministers’ Meeting. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri, Vice Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia and H.E. Yoji Muto, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of ...
OverviewAt its meeting on 11 September 2025, the Governing Council decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Inflation is currently at around the 2% medium-term target and the Governing Council’s assessment of the inflation outlook is broadly unchanged.The September 2025 ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area present a pic...
UNIDO Launches the 2025 SDG 9 Progress ReportThe United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), as custodian agency for six industry-related indicators of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9, has released the 2025 Edition of the SDG 9 Progress Report. This publication offers a comprehensive statistical snapshot of global industrial devel...
In 2025, global maritime trade continues to navigate an environment marked by volatility, rerouted flows and uncertainty. Persistent geopolitical tensions and trade policy changes have altered shipping patterns, with many routes redirected away from traditional chokepoints.While containerized trade is expanding, especially along extraregional cor...
