The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will lend USD150 million to support the Almaty Railway Bypass Project, a landmark investment aimed at strengthening freight efficiency, urban mobility and regional connectivity in Kazakhstan. The financing is provided to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the national railway company, under a nonsovereign str...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB, Aaa/AAA/AAA) priced a HKD4 billion 3-year Sustainable Development Bond on January 12, marking its second issuance in the Hong Kong dollar public bond market under the Wonton format. The transaction attracted a final order book of approximately HKD7.8 billion, representing almost two times oversubscriptio...
New Delhi, 13 January 2026: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with DAKSH and Digital Futures Lab (DFL), convened a Pre-Summit Event ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), to examine the responsible use of artificial intelligence by the Indian judic...
His Excellency, Zhang Yunming, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology of People’s Republic of China,His Excellency, Amandeep Singh Gill, Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, United Nations,His Excellency, U Mya Tun Oo, Union Minister of Transport and Communications, MyanmarExcellencies, Ladie...
The OECD is inviting comments on the draft revised Recommendation on the Governance of Critical Risks. The current version of the Recommendation, adopted in 2014, provides guidance to governments on how to anticipate, prepare for, and manage risks that have the most strategically significant consequences for societies and economies (hereafter, “criti...
The OECD hosted a webinar on the on the Pillar Two Side-by Side package agreed in January 2026, that charts a way forward for the co-ordinated operation of the global minimum tax. Developed by 147 countries and jurisdictions within the Inclusive Framework on BEPS, the global minimum tax plays a central role in strengthening international tax co-operat...
AbstractThe OECD International Network on Financial Education (OECD/INFE) co-ordinates the International Survey of Adult Financial Literacy, Inclusion and Well-Being every three to four years. The survey measures levels of financial literacy (covering the dimensions of knowledge, behaviour and attitudes) and digital financial literacy across and within cou...
Welcome to the fourth issue of the Industrial Policy Research and Statistics Newsletter!During the last quarter of 2025, UNIDO strengthened its global analytical leadership through the launch of flagship reports, including the Industrial Development Report 2026, the SDG 9 Progress Report 2025 and the International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, as well...
The global economy demonstrated remarkable resilience in 2025 despite increased trade tensions and policy uncertainty. Activity was supported by a stockpiling of goods, strong risk appetite, and a surge in artificial intelligence (AI)-related investment. Global growth in 2025 capped a solid five-year recovery from the 2020 recession, but vulnerable emergin...
Households' financial investment increased at broadly unchanged annual growth rate of 2.7% in third quarter of 2025Non-financial corporations' financing increased at unchanged annual rate of 1.6%Non-financial corporations' gross operating surplus increased at higher annual rate of 2.6%, compared to 2.4% in previous...
