To meet the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the private sector will need to play a greater role in supporting development objectives. Inclusive businesses offer the opportunity to address development challenges and leave no one behind.

We live in a time of growing prosperity alongside growing inequalities where technology is ambiguously seem both as a friend and a foe. Innovation drives prosperity, and frontier technologies could be transformative in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. But rapid advances can have serious downsides if they outpace the ability of societies to adapt.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in collaboration with Digital Pathways at Oxford, the Inclusive Business Action Network (

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in collaboration with Digital Pathways at Oxford, the Inclusive Business Action Network (iBAN), the 

Darussalam Enterprise (DARe), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (United Nation ESCAP), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Inclusive Business Action Network (iBA