24 November 2016
Martha Schultz argues that professional education is one of the true tools of socio-economic transformation
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged éducation, Eurochambres, ILO, Martha Schultz, OECD, unesco, UNIDO, UNIDO 50TH, VET system, vocational education and training, Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, WKÖ
23 August 2014
Successful industrial development requires good leadership, the right policies and sufficient investments.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged China, Erik Solheim, Ethiopia, Industrial Development, industrial policy, industrialization, innovation, investment funds, leadership, manufacturing, middle-income country, OECD, the Republic of Korea, UNIDO
4 November 2013
Jonathan Glennie on assumptions about poverty reduction, sustainable industrial development and international public finance.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged BRICS, high-tech, international public finance, Jonathan Glennie, MICs, OECD, Overseas Development Institute, poverty reduction, “middle income”
15 May 2012
A country feature on Slovenia, with an exclusive interview with His Excellency Danilo Türk, President of the Republic.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Balkan, Danilo Türk, deregulation, Elan, European Union, g20, globalization, Gorenje, green economy, green growth, green industry, innovation, Krka, Litostroj, Ljubljana, Making It, Mokronog, OECD, Pipistrel, Revoz, rio+20, Seaway, Slovenia, UNIDO, Yugoslavia
4 April 2012
Soogil Young explains how the Republic of Korea is leading the way in de-linking economic growth and environmental degradation
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged business-as-usual, carbon emissions reduction, climate change, co2, COP15, Copenhagen, development, EACP, East Asian Climate Partnership Initiative, economy, environment, Framework Act for Low-Carbon Green Growth, Global Green Growth Institute, green business boom, green economy, Green Growth Strategy, green industry, green innovation, Green Investment Korea Forum, green revolution, Green Technology Centre, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emission, Incheon, issue 9, Making It magazine, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target, OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, President Lee Myung-bak, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, renewable energy, Republic of Korea, Songdo International Business District, Soogil Young, South Korea, UNEP
18 November 2011
A country feature on South Africa, with an exclusive interview with International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Knoana-Mishabane
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2010 World Cup, Africa's superpower, agents of change, BASIC Group, BRIC, business, carbon capture and storage technology, carbon emissions, coal, competition, COP17/CMP7, country feature, decline in poverty, development, Dipuo Peters, Durban, empowering and educating women, Energy Minister, entrepreneurship, environmental authorities, exclusive interview, Finance Minister, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, health problems, HIV/AIDS, how to be resourceful with limited resources, human systems, income and wealth, Industrial Development Organization, industrializing countries, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, International Relations and Cooperation Minister, inventions, issue 8, Jacob Zuma, labour costs, labour productivity, limited access to economic opportunities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, manufacturing, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, minerals, New Growth Path, OECD, planet, population, poverty alleviation, Pravin Gordhan, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, social grant system, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, trade, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, Vienna Energy Forum, water and sanitation, what to do to save the environment, women's education, working-age population
7 December 2009
By TOM KENYON – Industrial Development Officer in the International Financial Institutions Partnership Unit at UNIDO.
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Costa Rica, development, dialogue, FDI licensing, firm-level benchmarking, Industrial Development Organization, industrial policy, Industrial Zones, National Cleaner Production Centre, OECD, productivity, Singapore, South Africa, Tom Kenyon, UNEP, UNIDO, United Nations