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The Norwegian investment fund for developing countries (Norfund) has set up a $10 million kitty to support small businesses in Somalia. Norfund, together with the Danish investment fund for developing countries (IFU) and Shuraako, an arm of One Earth Future (OEF), have set up the Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities …

The ILO “Meeting Point” on South-South and triangular cooperation was modernized and now presents a series of new features. Its interface was enhanced to become more user-friendly, intuitive and dynamic, as well as to automatically adapt to smartphones and tablets. In addition, the new library provides an easier and simpler …

Sustainable Development Goals Present New Opportunities for Businesses By Ghada Hammouda At a recent meeting of the newly established UN Global Compact Network Egypt where I participated as one of the group’s founding members, one of the most important topics discussed was the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals SDG’s and their …

On the Ministerial Meeting on New Partnerships for Productive Capacity Building in the Least Developed Countries (LDC) held in Cotonou, Benin from 28-31 July 2014, Public-Private Partnerships and South-South Cooperation In Support Of Technological Acquisition session was one of the series of session which ran during the event. This session …