Business leaders from across Southeast Asia gathered for the launch of the ASEAN Responsible Business Collective, committing to strengthen collaboration, share practical solutions, and support companies in addressing human rights and environmental impacts across their operations and supply chains. (Photo by Bambang Nurjaman/UNDP Indonesia)Jakarta, 9 March ...
(Geneva) The Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund, has announced the disbursement of its first round of grants, totaling $1,765,000, directly benefiting 219 women-led enterprises in the Dominican Republic, Mongolia and Nigeria.Announced ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March), this first disbursement goes beyond symbolic celebration. I...
Speech by Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 2026 US Monetary Policy ForumThe post-pandemic inflation surge placed severe strain on our societies, fuelled political frustration and amplified institutional distrust. It also hit the most vulnerable hardest – those with low incomes and without real assets.But although the scars...
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2026 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency’s (MIGA) Board of Directors approved the first in a series of operations to support Angola’s ambitious structural reform agenda and its efforts to diversify its economy, promote inclusive growth, and ramp up job creation, part...
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 6 March 2026, delivered the keynote speech at the Symposium on Economic Resilience Strategy for Japan and ASEAN in Tokyo, Japan. In his remarks, SG Dr. Kao emphasised the importance of industrial cooperation, supply chain resilience, and sustainable growth in shaping the foundation of regional economic resi...
ITC's online directory of verified packaging suppliers is helping small businesses across East Africa find affordable, quality packaging — and cut through a challenge that has long limited their growth. ITC brought the directory to thousands of people at Propak East Africa, the region's leading event for packaging, plastics, print, and processing....
HighlightGlobal trade is being reshaped by shifting trade partnerships and policies, evolving supply chains and the search for resilient growth. This report examines two decades of trade expansion among the 10 BRICS members, revealing how economic ties are evolving and creating new opportunities for the global South.BRICS is named for its founding members,...
WTO members on 5 March completed a series of meetings dedicated to advancing work on WTO reform. Over the past month, members have exchanged views on a draft ministerial statement and a work plan intended to frame the scope of reform efforts following the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) on 26-29 March. They also finalized preparations for the ministeria...
UNDP Supports Turkmenistan in Development of a National Artificial intelligence (AI) Strategy for Sustainable Digital TransformationAshgabat, Turkmenistan, 5 March 2026: From 5 to 6 March 2026, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan, is convening a semina...
Building foreign exchange reserves requires sound policies and takes time, but global efforts to lower the cost of holding them can helpPierre-Olivier GourinchasMarch 5, 2026Listen with SpeechifyParticipants at Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ula conference in February rightly lauded emerging market economies’ impressive resilience since the g...
