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In a world increasingly driven by innovation, framework conditions that are a prerequisite of economic catch-up have been transformed so as to encompass the various dimensions of innovative...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is a poverty-driven activity that provides an important source of livelihood for rural communities. It is frequently accompanied by extensive environmental...

The Industrial Development Report is intended to build on development policy experience and contribute to a refinement of the international development agenda. The Report pays special attention to...

The experience over the past three decades has revealed a pattern of deficiency in the adequacy of investment appraisal in the developing world. The need for a compact, comprehensive, well-coordinated...

In a large number of countries where most of the population barely manages to earn subsistence wages, the success or failure of the economic agenda largely determines the fate of the political agenda...

The report discusses the opportunities and constraints faced by two groups of countries: the countries of the bottom billion trying to break into global markets for manufactured goods, and the middle...

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...

A problem often facing individuals and institutions in developing countries, especially ministries of industry, investment banks, development corporations and other bodies involved in or entrusted...

Many developing countries are rich in aromatic plants and this renewable resource could be industrially utilized to produce essential oils for economic benefit. The presentations published in this...

This CD-Rom contains the proceedings of a workshop held in Trieste, Italy. The objective of this workshop was to create an international platform of discussion to ensure that the interest in...

This CD-Rom contains nine PDF files of case studies presented at the Regional Forum on Industrial Cooperation and Partnership in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States which took...

The Industrial Development Report series is intended to build on development policy experience and contribute to a refinement of the international development agenda. Aiming to provide highly context...

The present training package is addressed to entrepreneurs and policymakers of developing countries. Part One of the training package presents the international development scenario, the competitive...

This CD-Rom contains the full text of the following UNIDO publications: Manual for small industrial business: project design and appraisal; Guide to practical appraisal - social benefit-cost analysis...

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...

This publication addresses factors that promote or inhibit successful provision of the four key international public goods: financial stability, international trade regime, international diffusion of...