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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...

Official Records of the Report of the International Law Commission Sixty-seventh session (4 May-5 June and 6 July-7 August 2015)

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 report of the International Law Commission on its sixty-sixth session for the period of 5 May - 6 June and 7 July - 8 August 2014.

Official Records of the Report of the International Law Commission: Sixty-fourth Session (7 May-1 June and 2 July-3 August 2012)

Official Records of the Report of the International Law Commission: Sixty-fifth Session (6 May - 7 June and 8 July - 9 August 2013).

Official Records of the Report of the International Law Commission Sixty-seventh session 2 May-10 June and 4 July-12 August 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 is the annual report submitted to the General Assembly by the International Law Commission on the sixty-ninth session (1 May-2 June and 3 July-4 August 2017).

This is the official report of the International Law Commission to the General Assembly on its seventy-third session dated 18 April–3 June and 4 July–5 August 2022.

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...

This is the official report of the International Law Commission to the General Assembly on its seventy-first session dated 29 April–7 June and 8 July–9 August 2019.

This is the official report of the International Law Commission to the General Assembly on its seventy-second session dated 26 April–4 June and 5 July–6 August 2021.

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 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...

This is the official report of the International Law Commission to the General Assembly on its seventieth session dated 30 April to 1 June and 2 July to 10 August 2018.