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Sustainable Energy for All Initiative launched in Nigeria
Thursday, 23 August 2012
ABUJA, 23 August 2012 – The Government of Nigeria and Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Co-Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Group on Sustainable...more
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UNIDO and UNU-MERIT organize BRICS workshop
Friday, 17 August 2012
VIENNA, 17 August 2012 – Developing countries should study the industrialization processes of the BRICS countries according to the participants at a workshop jointly organized by the United Nations University - Maastricht...more
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UNIDO can be a knowledge bank to assist poor nations develop the “right” industrial policy, says former World Bank Chief Economist
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
VIENNA, 14 August 2012 – Justin Yifu Lin, the World Bank’s former Chief Economist, encouraged developing countries to partner with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in their pursuit to develop...more
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Growth in mining and quarrying sector has slowed, says new UNIDO report
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
VIENNA, 14 August 2012 – Growth in global production from activities relating to mining and quarrying - a sector that includes the mining of coal and the extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas – has slowed down, according...more
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China can be a model for developing nations, says former World Bank Chief Economist
Friday, 10 August 2012
VIENNA, 10 August 2012 - Studying China’s economic rise can provide insight into alleviating poverty around the world, Justin Yifu Lin, the World Bank’s former Chief Economist, told a crowded auditorium at the Austrian National...more
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New e-waste management project in Cambodia to create new jobs
Thursday, 09 August 2012
PHNOM PEHN, 9 Aug 2012 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is launching a new project in Cambodia aimed at creating employment opportunities and ensuring effective e-waste management in the country....more
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Director-General Yumkella calls for economic diversification, sustainable industrial and agribusiness development in Africa
Wednesday, 01 August 2012
KINSHASA, 1 August 2012 – The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) said today that agribusiness and agro-industries and economic diversification were key factors that would put Africa...more
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Former World Bank Chief Economist Justin Lin to deliver lecture on China and the world economy
Thursday, 26 July 2012
VIENNA, 26 July 2012 - Justin Lin, the former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank, will deliver a lecture “China in the world economy” in Vienna on 10 August.Lin is working with UNIDO for several weeks as...more
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Improving Viet Nam’s vocational training system
Monday, 16 July 2012
HANOI, 16 July 2012 – Ways of improving the vocational training system in Viet Nam were discussed in Hanoi today at a seminar organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Ministry of...more
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Workshop on sustainable biofuels to be held in South Africa
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
PRETORIA, South Africa, 11 July 2012 - Experts from the fifteen Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries will attend a regional workshop on the latest biofuels technologies in Pretoria from 24 to 27 July....more
