DIPLOMATIC ECONOMY

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region To underscore the importance of the role of the private sector in sustainable development, job creation and promotion of investment and trade amongst Member Countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group , an Agency Agreement has been signed between IsDB and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) to benefit from the IsDB Group Business Forum – THIQAH. The agreement signed between IsDB President, Dr. Bandar Hajjar, and ICD CEO, Ayman Sejiny, reaffirms THIQAH’s efforts to promote and attract...

By Josephine AKaerr, Special Correspondent The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has organized the first peer learning session on the Programme for Country Partnership (PCP) for high-level representatives of current PCP countries and those interested in the PCP model. The session focused on stakeholder coordination, partnerships and resource mobilization, as well as the establishment of industrial parks as key to advancing inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) within the framework of the PCP. During the session, UNIDO Director-General, LI Yong, stressed that "the most important elements of the PCP...