Publicaciones

This SME Competitiveness Outlook assesses the impact of conflict and fragility on business performance. It unveils a Fragility Exposure Index, and shows that fragility, as experienced by firms, can be reduced by 25% if they take actions to reinforce competitiveness. These include engaging with...

Few studies examine information technology and business process management in Africa. This report, based on research and interviews, analyses the tech sectors of 11 African countries and examines enabling factors such as information and communication technology infrastructure, government incentives...

Good Practices in the Global Apparel Industry provides valuable insight on ways for small and medium-sized enterprises to move up the value chain and away from low-value contract manufacturing.

The Textile and Clothing Sector in Asian Graduating Least Developed Countries: Challenges and Ways Forward

Pharmaceuticals, baby food, cotton clothing and cars are the four focus value chains of this report. 

Nepal could lose 4.3% of exports because of tariff changes when it graduates from least developed country status in 2026. The removal of preferential tariffs will especially affect the apparel, synthetic textile fabric and carpet sectors. Losses will mostly occur in exports to China, the European...

BRICS countries (Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) have a fast-growing share in global services markets. Improving services regulations and reducing trade costs will help them tap into their potential, especially for high value-added services and digital trade. ...

Los subproductos del algodón -como el aceite de semillas de algodón y las tortas de algodón- pueden contribuir poderosamente a la reducción de la pobreza, la creación de empleo y un mayor crecimiento económico en África. Estos productos derivados pueden representar hasta el 30% del valor del...

The goal of Ethiopia’s Textile and Clothing (T & C) Value Chain Roadmap is to set the sector on the course of strategic development by addressing constraints in a comprehensive manner and defining concrete opportunities that can be realized through the specific steps detailed in its Plan of...

Los subproductos del algodón -como el aceite de semillas de algodón y las tortas de algodón- pueden contribuir poderosamente a la reducción de la pobreza, la creación de empleo y un mayor crecimiento económico en África. Estos productos derivados pueden representar hasta el 30% del valor del...

El sector del cuero y los productos de cuero ocupa un lugar destacado en muchos de los países más pobres de África, y la manufactura de estos artículos puede ser una importante fuente de creación de empleo en muchos de estos países. Si bien las importaciones de cuero en Sudáfrica han seguido...

The goal of Kenya’s Textile and Clothing (T&C) Value Chain Roadmap is to set the sector on the course of strategic development by addressing constraints in a comprehensive manner and defining concrete opportunities that can be realized through the specific steps detailed in its Plan of Action...