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Food processing at a small business.

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Smaller firms, greater risks: How Strait of Hormuz disruptions could trigger an exclusion effect for small and medium-sized enterprises

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Division on Investment and Enterprise: Results and Impact Report 2026

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Artificial intelligence unleashed: Transforming the entrepreneurial scene in developing nations

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Division on Investment and Enterprise: Results and Impact Report 2025

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Meetings

Empretec Women in Business Awards 2026: Celebrating women entrepreneurship excellence

26 October 2026

Empretec Women in Business Awards 2026: Celebrating women entrepreneurship excellence

Doha, Qatar

30 September – 2 October 2026

Intergovernmental working group of experts on international standards of accounting and reporting, 43rd session

Geneva, Switzerland

31 August – 4 September 2026

Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission, 16th session

Geneva, Switzerland

25 – 27 August 2026

Empretec study tour to Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley, United States of America

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Documents

08 Sep 2026

Smaller firms, greater risks: How Strait of Hormuz disruptions could trigger an exclusion effect for small and medium-sized enterprises

28 Jul 2026

Division on Investment and Enterprise: Results and Impact Report 2026

21 Jul 2026

Connectivity between financial and sustainability reporting

21 Jul 2026

Accounting and financial reporting needs of microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises

Resolutions and Reports of the UN Secretary-General

21 Jul 2026

Entrepreneurship for sustainable development (2026)

A/81/245

23 Dec 2024

UN General Assembly Resolution 79/201: Entrepreneurship for sustainable development

A/RES/79/201

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