9-September-2020
Spanish
Son tiempos muy difíciles para todos nuestros países miembros. La crisis del COVID-19 nos está planteando desafíos enormes en todas las áreas de las políticas públicas. También está poniendo en evidencia las enormes ventajas de la transformación digital y la gran importancia de la conectividad.
8-September-2020
English
Since then, a lot has changed. Europe has been thrown into a full-blown and unprecedented crisis, along with the rest of the world. Suddenly we are faced with a threat, which we do not fully comprehend, and the only way to tackle it has been to accept considerable restrictions to our daily lives and economic activity.
8-September-2020
English
People used to think that caring for our ocean was about saving some distant endangered species. But the speed and global reach of the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us that humans are not infallible. The ocean crisis risks harming our ecosystems, our food supply, our very existence.
3-September-2020
English
COVID19 has triggered a health and economic crisis of a magnitude never seen before. Many economies have shrunk at an annualised rate of up to 20% in the second quarter of 2020. The hardest hit are expected to have declines of around 10% of GDP for the full year. Looking ahead, we expect a slow and halting recovery until an effective vaccine or treatment is found.
3-September-2020
English
This unprecedented challenge comes at a time when the multilateral system is strained and suffering a major trust deficit. We need to restore this trust. Trust in the governments and multilateral institutions that are supposed to defend their rights, as well as to protect them from the pandemic and its dire economic and social consequences.
1-September-2020
English
The COVID-19 crisis has transformed remote learning into a crucial element for continuing education. Home has become the learning place, while an internet connection is a lifeline for students.
31-August-2020
English
Corruption is a threat to inclusive growth, widens economic and social inequalities, impedes the effective delivery of public services and undermines the values of democracy. No one country nor sector is immune to corruption. It is by definition the way to perpetuate a privileged position, and it comes at the expense of those already greatly disadvantaged and most vulnerable.
25-August-2020
English
In recent years, Latin America – and Colombia in particular – have undergone a significant transformation in terms of compliance. They have developed leadership in the implementation of structural reforms related to matters such as liability of legal persons or compliance standards for businesses.
20-August-2020
English
The 6% decline in global GDP that we project for 2020 in our most recent Economic Outlook is larger than any other decline in the 60 years of OECD’s existence. And in case of a second wave of infections, global GDP could decline by more than 7.5%.
22-July-2020
English
The OECD’s latest Economic Outlook projects a drop in global GDP growth of 6 percent in 2020, which could rise to 7.6 percent in case of a second wave of broad-based confinement measures. The impact on unemployment has exploded throughout the world.