Stories
Mona Itani: “I have a message to give the youth of Lebanon and the Arab world”
14 July 2020 | By: Lucia Conti
Mona Itani is an engineer, a lecturer at the American University of Beirut, and the Founder of Riyada for Social Innovation, a social enterprise that educates youth to develop tech solutions to social ...
Coronavirus: the economic impact – 26 May 2020
10 July 2020 | By: by the Policy, Research and Statistics Department, UNIDO. This brief is produced by a team consisting of Nicola Cantore (lead), Frank Hartwich, Alejandro Lavopa, Keno Haverkamp, Andrea Laplane, and Niki Rodousakis.
Which countries and manufacturing sectors are most affected by the COVID-19 crisis? Some early evidence and possible policy responses
Coronavirus: the economic impact – 10 July 2020
10 July 2020 | By: By the Policy, Research and Statistics Department, UNIDO. This brief is produced by a team consisting of Nicola Cantore (lead), Frank Hartwich, Alejandro Lavopa, Keno Haverkamp, Andrea Laplane, and Niki Rodousakis.
A health pandemic or a pandemic for the economy?
Expert opinion: how can small businesses make it through the current coronavirus crisis?
09 July 2020 | By: UNIDO
What are the key concerns of CEOs or CFOs in times of uncertainty: What operational changes would prevent losses? How to maintain a work force without layoffs? How long the pandemic and its aftermath ...
“More than 95% of capital investment in the world is invested by men in men”
06 July 2020 | By: Lucia Conti
Amel Saidane is a Tunisian entrepreneur and a digital transformation expert. She is also the President of Tunisian Start-ups, and member of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network.
“If you want to kill the evil, look at its roots, not its branches”
06 July 2020 | By: Lucia Conti
ana Afouaiz is a public speaker on global feminism and an expert on women’s issues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Cleantech innovators take on COVID-19
02 July 2020 | By: Leisa Burrell
As countries start to envisage their post-pandemic landscape, with calls for green stimulus and technology, science and innovation-driven solutions growing louder, it is these enterprises that, by ...
29 June 2020 | By: UNIDO
The Syrian conflict has created one of the worst humanitarian crises of our generation. In 2019, an estimated 11.9 million people were still in need of various forms of humanitarian assistance, and ...
How brands ensure business resilience to external shocks in an increasingly digitalized world
19 June 2020 | By: UNIDO
In the transition from the defensive phase of the COVID-19 crisis to the post-crisis growth phase, one of the defining recovery dynamics will be associated with intangible assets, especially brands. ...
Coronavirus: the economic impact - 4 May 2020
17 June 2020 | By: By the Policy, Research and Statistics Department, UNIDO. This brief is produced by a team consisting of Nicola Cantore (lead), Frank Hartwich, Alejandro Lavopa, Keno Haverkamp, Andrea Laplane, and Niki Rodousakis.
Great uncertainty comes at a high cost and negative projections – but there’s some good news
In Brazil, UNIDO partners with non-profit to support small companies during pandemic
17 June 2020 | By: Raphael Makarenko
Mariana Garcia Freire owns a small coffee business in a small town in São Paulo state, in the southeast of Brazil. When the COVID-19 pandemic reached the country and emergency measures to contain the ...
Coronavirus: the economic impact - 28 March 2020
17 June 2020 | By: By the Policy, Research and Statistics Department, UNIDO. This brief is produced by a team consisting of Nicola Cantore (lead), Frank Hartwich, Alejandro Lavopa, Keno Haverkamp, Andrea Laplane, and Niki Rodousakis.
Global value chains (GVCs) have already come under pressure as a viable model for the organization of international production since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, and even more so ...
Managing COVID-19: Why poorer countries may drop out of industrialization
10 June 2020 | By: By Frank Hartwich, Research and Industrial Policy Officer at the Department of Policy Research and Statistics (PRS) of UNIDO, and Anders Isaksson, Senior Research and Industrial Policy Officer at the Department of Policy Research and Statistics (PRS) of U
The aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic has the potential of being disastrous for industries worldwide, especially for smaller enterprises and for industry in less developed regions of the world. ...
Latin America: Kickstarting manufacturing in the time of COVID-19
09 June 2020 | By: Fernando Santiago and Fernando Vargas
he continued spread of COVID-19 through Latin America and the Caribbean shows no signs of abating. At the end of May, the region became the global epicentre of the pandemic amid a growing number of ...
Preparing accreditation for the new digital age
09 June 2020 | By: Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento, Managing Director, Directorate of Digitalization, Technology and Agribusiness, UNIDO
Developing countries are constantly striving to enhance their export competitiveness, strengthen their export base and become more integrated with international trade flows. To achieve this, they need ...
América Latina: ¿Cómo reactivar la manufactura en tiempos de COVID-19?
08 June 2020 | By: Fernando Santiago y Fernando Vargas
06 May 2020 | By: Leisa Burrell
UNIDO, with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has been working in partnership with the country’s Ministry of Public Works, Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment (MOPIRNA) ...
