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Montevideo has run a binding participatory budget since 1990. In the 2023 cycle, 390 vetted neighbourhood projects went to a citywide vote, …
Angola built 20,002 flats outside Luanda on a US$2.5bn oil-backed Chinese loan. Only 220 of the first 2,800 sold; the town filled …
Dubai's Golden Visa approvals grew from 47,150 (2021) to 158,000 (2023), a 3.4x jump, after eligibility criteria for property- and business-investment residency …
Qatar's $800m sovereign-funded science park now hosts 400+ companies from 39 countries co-located with six international universities, running corporate accelerators with TotalEnergies …
Since 2014, BudgIT's Tracka has enabled Nigerian citizens to monitor public capital projects on the ground, expanding from 6 to 32 states …
Liberia's first multi-disciplinary innovation and co-working space opened in Monrovia in 2018, growing to 10,000+ members, 500+ events and 150+ mentored startups …
A presidential fund gives Senegalese youth and women entrepreneurs fast digital nanocredit, grants and equity; by 2024 it had disbursed 45bn FCFA …
Opened October 2023 with a ~US$41-44m facility funded by public and corporate sponsors, Vietnam's flagship National Innovation Center anchors partnerships with NVIDIA, …
Since June 2024, Germany's points-based Chancenkarte lets non-EU professionals enter without a job offer to search for work. Official data: 10,148 cards …
Abidjan data company data354 and an inter-institutional task force have installed 18-20 open PM2.5 monitors at pharmacies, chosen for reliable power and …
The Bahamas' 2020 Digital Assets Act drew global crypto firms, including FTX Digital Markets. When FTX collapsed in Nov 2022, the regulator …
Since 2005, Ethiopia's state-led IHDP has delivered hundreds of thousands of subsidised condominiums in Addis Ababa — 20,000 keys handed over in …
Cuba's CIGB, part of the BioCubaFarma group since 2012, holds 2,438 patents registered outside Cuba and sells in 50+ countries; during COVID-19 …
Nepal's $80m World Bank-financed REED project pairs rural agri-SMEs with mentors for business diagnostics and coaching; two Pokhara firms tracked by the …
Since Executive Decree 20-254 (2020), Algeria's new Ministry of Knowledge Economy has labelled over 2,300 startups, built 104 support centres and 22 …
Argentina's federal industrial-research agency runs 50+ technology centres across all 24 provinces, delivering testing, technical assistance and technology transfer to over 10,000 …
Malaysia's RM100m Smart Automation Grant matched SME automation spending 1:1 up to RM1m per company, requiring applicants to commit to audited, formula-based …
Cyprus's THALIA 2021-2027 scheme grants SMEs 50-70% (up to €50k-€70k) of digital-upgrade and e-commerce costs, with higher rates for mountainous/disadvantaged areas; a …
TÜBİTAK's 1513 programme funds Technology Transfer Offices in Turkish universities to commercialise patents and broker licensing deals. It gave 88.3M TL to …
A bilateral China-Singapore government project built a 123 km2 knowledge district in Guangzhou that has drawn over 400 enterprises, 1,300 high-level talents …
Cabo Verde's EUR 51.85m TechPark CV, financed with EUR 45.5m from the African Development Bank, grew from 6 training programmes in 2023 …
A randomised trial gave 1,550 Ugandan microentrepreneurs loans, cash grants, ILO training, or combinations, across four semi-urban districts. Men who got loans …
Ireland's 31 Local Enterprise Offices gave micro-businesses vouchers up to €2,500 to build e-commerce capability; surveyed recipients reported a 21% average sales …
North Macedonia's national open-data portal grew from a MISA-led pilot of 82 datasets across 11 institutions to over 280 datasets from 50+ …
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