Thematic Components
Industrial Policy, Business Environment and Institutional Support
The extent of poverty-reducing employment and income typically associated with a thriving industrial sector is contingent upon sound policies, an enabling business environment, and effective institutional support capacities that translate industrial development objectives into practice.
Rural and Women’s Entrepreneurship Development
Two billion of the world’s poor live in rural areas and 60 per cent of the poor are women andgirls. They need to diversify their sources of household income to non-agricultural economic activitieswith higher returns in order to climb out of poverty.
Cluster and Business Linkages
SMEs are a crucial element of a balanced economic system and a major source of basic goods,productive employment and income for the poor.
Agro-processing and Value Chain Development
Offering technical cooperation and advice combined with directinterventions to build institutional support infrastructures for agro-based industries will improve their competitiveness, flexibility and productivity, particularly in rural areas.
Rural Energy for Productive Use
Lack of reliable and affordable energy services in rural areas is one of the key barriershampering rural development in the developing countries, as energy is an important input to social,economic and industrial development.
Sustainable Production in Poor Communities
Poor communities often bear the brunt of environmental degradation. Contamination of surfaceand ground water renders their traditional sources of drinking water unsafe; they are exposed to wastewhich is illegally dumped in their communities...
Technology Diffusion
Technology is a key global resource for job and wealth creation, with a recognized impact oneconomic growth and development even at the level of SMEs and even micro-enterprises.
Promotion of Domestic Investment, FDI and Alliances
Investment is the key driver of productive capacity (capital formation) and competitiveness(productivity growth through technology).
Regional Priorities, Funds Mobilization and Partnerships
The various technical components will be implemented to varyingdegrees and in varying combinations in all of the regions falling within the scope of UNIDO’stechnical cooperation activities.
