HIGHLIGHTThe global economy has shown resilience, but the outlook remains clouded by trade tensions, fiscal strains and persistent uncertainty. Growth is expected to slow to 2.7% in 2026, below 2025 levels and the pre-pandemic average, as subdued investment and structural headwinds weigh on momentum despite easing inflation and monetary loosening.With...
Source: Official Photo Stream (Cerimônia de Anúncio da Rede Nacional de Hospitais e Serviços Inteligentes do SUS e de Assinatura do Contrato de Empréstimo do NDB para Implantação do Primeiro Hospital Inteligente do Brasil)At the signing ceremony for the Brazil Smart Hospital Project held in Brasília on January 7, 2026, NDB President H.E. Mrs. Dilma ...
World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development AI tools presetation and demo. Photo: World Bank Development research turns into action when people, technology, and collaboration work together.Development economics knowledge is expanding fast - but much of it isn’t reaching the people who could use it most. Researchers struggle to amplify their i...
Vienna, Austria, 16 December 2025 – The World Development Report 2025 highlights the strategic role of standards and Quality Infrastructure in advancing sustainable development, drawing on UNIDO’s long standing technical engagement to illustrate how coherent Quality Infrastructure systems support industrial competitiveness, innovation and inclusive growt...
7 January 2026 - Every day, Quality Infrastructure ensures that the products and services we rely on are safe, reliable and fit for purpose—from the accuracy of a kilogram of rice at the market to trusted measurements in healthcare and environmental monitoring. Comprising standards, metrology, accreditation, conformity assessment and market surveillance, ...
The report shows how small, flexible grants—paired with technical support, business coaching and investment brokering—can unlock transformative change. 59 percent of supported organizations now generate revenue, 14 percent created entirely new markets and many advanced early-stage ideas into viable, scalable models. Communities restor...
HIGHLIGHTThis IIA Issues Note presents and analyses the latest trends and evolution of international investment treaty reform, drawing on new data from its online IIA Content Mapping database and its new IIA Facilitation Mapping database. The findings point to an investment regime in flux and marked by significant substantive changes.Tw...
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Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund approved the Beninese authorities’ request for an extension of the country’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), Extended Credit Facility (ECF), and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) Arrangements until February 28, 2026. This extension will allow sufficient time to complete the s...
UNESCO Member States and their cities collect culture data to implement the Culture|2030 Indicators and to strengthen evidence-based policies and actions.© Daniel AbokiAcross the world, 16 countries and 15 cities have committed to collecting cultural data and implementing the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators. This will help to build national and local ...
