The world progress on goal 9:

• Participation in the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UNCTAD, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the International Trade Center, the International Labor Organization, and the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) in the workshop entitled "Strengthening National Capacity to Strengthen Capacity of Small, Micro and Micro-Medium Enterprises (MSME)" to achieve Goal 9. (United Nations, 2015)¹.

• ICTs are now at the forefront thanks to the COVID-19 virus. Many businesses and services now rely on remote work and video conferencing technology. As a result, governments must make more infrastructure investments to hasten the economic recovery. According to communication infrastructure, nearly half of the world's population lives in a mobile network area, and over 50% of the world's population is already online. According to reports, a 2G network covered at least 96.5 percent of people in 2019. (Sustainable development Goals, n.d.)². 

• September 15, 2022, Greece, Athens. The Polish city of Wroclaw is internationally known and praised for its dedication to disaster risk reduction and for helping other towns do the same. (Sustainable development Goals, n.d.)². 

Resources:

(1) United Nations (2015)  Micro -, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Day Event. Available at: https://sdgs.un.org/events/2022-micro-small-and-medium-sized-enterprise-msme-day-event-resilience-and-rebuilding-msmes [ Accessed October 8, 2022 ]

(2) Sustainable development - Goals (n.d.)  Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation. Available at: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/infrastructure-industrialization/ [Accessed October 8, 2022]