United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

This definitive publication will inform all interested parties, especially those within developing countries, about quality control and about recommendations for acceptable quality levels for leather...

The Survey, the third in the series, was conducted between May and November 2005 in 15 sub-Saharan African countries. This year the study develops detailed profiles of the different types of foreign...

The report has two key objectives - to identify “quality” foreign direct investment (FDI) and to seek an optimal allocation of scarce public funds in Africa by facilitating (largely through investment...

African Industry 2000 - The Challenge of Going Global provides an analysis of the industrial development process and emerging policy issues of African countries with particular emphasis on sub-Saharan...

Provides statistical data in the form of indicators e.g. ratios, growth rates and indices designed to facilitate international comparison Due to the difficulty of gathering data, some of the figures...

Figures from this compilation provide statistical indicators relevant to an international comparison for the process of industrialization in Africa. This comprehensive statistical data allow the...

This publication analyzes the challenges, the potential and opportunities of African agribusiness in the current period of dramatic changes in global agro-industrial markets, and builds a case for...

This manual will increase the awareness of the results that can be achieved when rattan furniture factories are established according to rational industrial procedures. It will be of great use to...

Promoting industrial value chains in developing countries is a promising approach to foster economic development, create jobs and induce inclusive growth while addressing social and environmental...

This Manual is a guide for managers of small-, medium- and large-scale furniture and joinery firms on common documentation needs in information systems. Fifty sample forms are presented in different...

This book is a practical proposal by the Director-General of UNIDO, Carlos A. Magariños, to increase the policy coherence and operational effectiveness of the UN system in the field of economic...

This publication is adopted from discussions that took place at Industrial Development Forum held on 5th December 2001 in Vienna. The book includes a summary of proceedings as well as papers and...

Attaining relatively high and sustained rates of productivity growth is an essential prerequisite for the poorer countries to narrow their development gap with the more advanced ones. This publication...