24-September-2020
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The world is at a turning point. We are in the midst of a crisis that is revealing the systemic weaknesses of our societies. And while the pandemic is the most immediate threat, it also demonstrates that we continue to face high levels of inequality, economic stagnation, climate change, and rising social discontent.
24-September-2020
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Nature is life! The life of countless species and intricate ecosystems that make up the biodiversity on which our own lives depend.
24-September-2020
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The COVID-19 crisis is having an enormous impact. According to our latest analyses, global GDP will fall by 4.5% in 2020, before growing by 5% in 2021.
23-September-2020
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At the OECD, we are revising our Recommendation on Broadband Development to promote widespread, affordable and high-quality communication services that can help narrow the digital divide.
22-September-2020
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The world is in the grip of the worst health, social and economic crisis of our lifetime. The OECD Interim Economic Assessment, released last week, forecasts global growth to fall by 4.5% this year, before rebounding by 5% in 2021.
22-September-2020
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Never before have our social protection systems faced such a test. Millions of workers have lost their jobs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many more have fallen into inactivity or are working partial hours.
18-September-2020
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The world is in the grip of the worst health, social and economic crisis of our lifetime. The 6% contraction in global GDP that we project for 2020 in our most recent Economic Outlook is the largest in the 60 years of the OECD’s existence.
18-September-2020
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cross the world, the Gender Pay Gap remains at around 20%. The situation is marginally better in OECD countries, where the average gap is 13% at median earnings. But progress remains slow: over the past twenty years, we have only seen a reduction of 5 percentage points.
17-September-2020
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The spread of the coronavirus has aggravated and multiplied issues of fragility across countries and regions. It has contributed to mass unemployment, increased poverty, heightened inequalities, political unrest and rising gender-based violence.
14-September-2020
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While emissions are expected to drop by around 8% this year due to lockdown measures, the IPCC says that they would need to continue to drop at around the same rate every year from now until 2030 in order to stand the best chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This gives you an idea of the sheer and urgent challenge we face.