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This is the official record of the report of the Statistical Commission on its forty-fifth session for the period of 4-7 March 2014.

Official records of the Report of the Statistical Commission on the Forty-first Session (23 to 26 February 2010).

Official records of the Report of the Statistical Commission on the Forty-third Session (28 February to 2 March 2012)

Standards and regulations are an integral, if easily overlooked, part of our daily life. They determine whether a plug fits into a socket, whether food is safe for human consumption or whether a bank...

This report looks at the missing link to inclusive growth for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which are less productive relative to large firms in the developing world than in the developed world...

This is the official record of the report of the Statistical Commission on its forty-sixth session for the period of 3-6 March 2015.

Official records of the Report of the Statistical Commission on the Forty-fourth Session

This is the official record of the report of the Statistical Commission on its forty-sixth seventh for the period of 8-11 March 2016.

This year’s report focuses on regional trade, the most common form of trade for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It contains 50 country profiles, featuring detailed SME competitiveness...

This SME Competitiveness Outlook assesses the impact of conflict and fragility on business performance. It unveils a Fragility Exposure Index, and shows that fragility, as experienced by firms, can be...

Our services sectors are key to an economic transformation. This report calls them ‘connected services. Transport and logistics, financial services, information and communication technologies, and...

The SME Competitiveness Outlook 2021 analyses how small businesses can rebuild from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic so they are better prepared to face the looming crisis of climate change. It...

Increasing annual investments in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries by $1 trilling would yield disproportionate dividends in terms of progress towards the Sustainable...

New technologies like advanced robotics, 3-D printing, big data and the internet of things are rapidly changing the way in which firms do business. A strong business ecosystem is necessary to manage...

This is the official report submitted to the Economic and Social Council by the Statistical Commission on its forty-eighth session (7-10 March 2017).

This publication is released at a time where the world is carefully moving out of the 'great lockdown' stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, a partial or complete lockdown of the majority of...