24-May-2019
English
The region has made impressive economic and social progress in recent decades. Since the 1990s, per-capita income has increased by around 50%. Most countries have moved from low-income to upper middle-income, while some grew from middle to high income.
24-May-2019
Spanish
Este año, tenemos el honor de celebrar la apertura del Foro en un nuevo escenario particularmente estimulante, por ser un lugar de creatividad y emprendimiento, una incubadora de ideas, una ventana al futuro.
22-May-2019
English
AI is dynamising economies, helping people make better predictions and decisions, be they a shop-floor manager or a doctor in the operating room. It is facilitating our everyday lives – your smartphone can use AI to detect your fatigue levels while driving or provide you with personal health data.
22-May-2019
English
We are facing challenging times. The world economy has entered yet another period of deceleration. Trade tensions keep escalating, weakening investment prospects and growth potential. The middle classes are shrinking.
21-May-2019
English
This meeting marks another milestone in the close co-operation and solidarity that have long defined relations between Africa and the OECD. With the arrival of Rwanda and Togo, 11 African countries today make up one-fifth of the Development Centre’s membership.
21-May-2019
English
With growing trade tensions driving uncertainty, business investment is being hit and global growth threatened. Ultimately, this will undermine people’s welfare: jobs will be disrupted and consumers’ purchasing power will be hurt.
21-May-2019
English
Today, we have reason to celebrate! Five new members join the Centre: El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador, Togo and Rwanda. They recognise the Development Centre’s value, as much as the Centre recognises the value of their diverse insights.
20-May-2019
English
Digitalisation is disrupting markets, business models and work practices, reshaping our economies, societies and lives. Many people are afraid of these disruptions, particularly given the challenging backdrop of subdued economic growth, widening geopolitical and trade tensions, entrenched inequalities, and rapid environmental degradation and climate change.
20-May-2019
English
Digitalisation is disrupting markets, business models and work practices, reshaping our economies, societies and lives. Many people are afraid of these disruptions, particularly given the challenging backdrop of subdued economic growth, widening geopolitical and trade tensions, entrenched inequalities, and rapid environmental degradation and climate change.
20-May-2019
English
The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, with its 17 goals and 169 targets, was a landmark achievement. It seems even more impressive today, when multilateral co-operation is being challenged and when it would have been practically impossible to achieve the necessary consensus.