{{italic title ''Development Business'', also known as ''United Nations Development Business'', ''UN Development Business'', ''UNDB'' or ''DB'' is an online and print publication issued by the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...

Department of Public Information. It is the official source of international procurement information and contains current tender announcements, contract awards and operational summaries from all major international development banks, national governments and the

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Origins and development

The

Department of Public Information launched ''Development Business'' in 1978 with the support of the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

African Development Bank The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) or (BAD) is a development finance institution, multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, since September 2014. The AfDB is a financial provider to African gove ...

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field offi ...

, Caribbean Development Bank and

Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Cari ...

. ''Development Business'' was initially a part of its parent publication called ''Development Forum'', which was a platform for governments and other entities to express ideas on issues and challenges in the international economic environment. Based on an agreement between the

and the

in 1981, ''Development Business'' became the official source for World Bank Procurement Notices, Contract Awards, and Project Approvals. In 1998, the agreement was re-negotiated. Included in this agreement was a joint venture to create an electronic version of the publication on the

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. Today, ''Development Business'' is the primary publication for all major multilateral development banks, United Nations agencies, and several national governments, many of whom have made the publication of their tenders and contracts in ''Development Business'' mandatory.Development Business Official Site
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Partners

''Development Business'' receives its procurement information for publishing from governments, the UN system and development banks. Among its long-standing partners are: *

The World Bank The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and best-known development bank in the world and an observer at the United Nations Development Gr ...

* United Nations Procurement Division *

United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...

AusAID Australian Aid is the brand name used to identify projects in developing countries supported by the Australian Government. As of 2014 the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has been responsible for Australia's official developme ...

* Caribbean Development Bank *

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially fo ...

International Finance Corporation The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries. The IFC is a member o ...

International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; french: link=no, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to addr ...

Islamic Development Bank The Islamic Development Bank ( ar, البنك الإسلامي للتنمية, abbreviated as IsDB) is a multilateral development finance institution that is focused on Islamic finance for infrastructure development and located in Jeddah, Saud ...

Millennium Challenge Corporation The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established by the U.S. Congress in 2004. It is an independent agency separate from the State Department and USAID. It provides grants to countries that ...

* North American Development Bank *

West African Development Bank The West African Development Bank - WADB (fr. Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement - BOAD / pt. Banco de Desenvolvimento do Oeste Africano - BDOA) is an international Multilateral Development Bank established in 1973 to serve the nations of Fr ...

Services

''Development Business'' follows a subscription-based model. Subscription options are made up of combinations of services including unlimited online access to projects and tender information, a print version, and monthly operational summaries issued by development banks. Online access includes a fully searchable database of: * Tender notices * Contract awards * Development bank operational summaries

Outreach

''Development Business'' actively distributes its print publication to the

UN Member States The United Nations member states are the sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. The criteria ...

, especially to its partners in developing countries and least developed countries, where most projects are being implemented. To make its information on tenders and business opportunities available to a large pool of qualified suppliers, it has partnered with the

, UN Information Centers,

and their respective missions and several

Chambers of Commerce A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to ...

References

External links

Official Directory of the UN System

United Nations documents