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Compared to the previous report, this analysis uses the same methodology, extends the study period by four month (up to July 2023) and includes two additional countries. The study period covered in this report is April 2022 to July 2023.…

Plans to “draw down” CO2 from the atmosphere – known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR) – “fall short” of the quantities needed to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, new research warns. Keeping…

In the context of the VII Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development 2024, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) - Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean has unveiled…

By Mikkel Hermansen, Economist, OECD Economics Department What is the relevant perspective for evaluating people’s living standards in advanced countries? According to standard assessments of inequality it is fellow citizens within the…

By Ben Dickinson, Head of the Global Relations and Development Division, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) serve to stimulate action in areas of critical importance for humanity…

By Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration This blog is part of a series on tackling COVID-19 in developing countries. Visit the OECD dedicated page to access the OECD’s data, analysis and…

By Glenda Quintini and Guillermo Montt. A range of OECD analysis (see the recent OECD Policy Brief on The Future of Work) has been exploring the relationship between digitalisation, jobs and skills, the magnitude of potential job…

By Glenda Quintini. Today, the OECD publishes Skills Matter: Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills, the Second International Report for the Survey of Adults Skills – an international assessment of the proficiency of adults…

By Glenda Quintini. The combination of work and study has been hailed as crucial to ensure that youth develop the skills required on the labour market so that transitions from school to work are shorter and smoother. As a result, in…

1. Introduction and Contextual BackgroundEntrepreneurship plays a crucial role in any society’s economic and social development. It is a major driving force behind innovation and job creation, fostering economic growth and improving…

Vladimir Putin says has no intention of attacking any Nato members. Visiting an airbase in Torzhok, on the road between Moscow and St Petersburg, the Russian president told a group of pilots he didn’t plan to spark a war with any…

1. IntroductionNations’ competition in technology and innovation has drawn rapt attention from the academic and business communities as the great power rivalry between the U.S. and China has intensified in recent years. Looking back at…

General equilibrium economy-wide output losses, LGE⁠, obtained from an empirically calibrated and 1,000 synthetic COVID-19 shocks propagating on the aggregated IPN…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new research review to be presented at a pre-congress day for this year's European Congress of Clinical…

Credit: AI-generated image A dozen countries across Africa suffered a major internet outage on Thursday as multiple undersea…

By Jonas Teusch, Economist, and Konstantinos Theodoropoulos, Statistician, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration Lire ce blog en français / en español Taxing energy use for sustainable development Why should…

By Orsetta Causa, OECD Economics department Income inequality has increased in most OECD countries over the past two decades. This has come about both because incomes before taxes and transfers have become more unequally distributed,…

Last month, Germany became the first major economy to commit to a target to reach “net-negative” emissions later this century. While “net-zero” describes a state where a country’s emissions are balanced by the…

By Marieke Vandeweyer The OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), which measures cognitive skills of the adult population, has recently been expanded to include nine additional countries (see our earlier blog post “The survey of adult…

With the advent of advanced technologies, the potential to predict and mitigate natural disasters has notably increased. A groundbreaking AI model, now operational across 80…

Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the US, wrote a wealth of reports that served as building blocks for the country’s economic system. In 1791, during his time as secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton published one of…

by Jean Marc Fournier, Economist, Public Economics Division, OECD Economics Department Public investment benefits current as well as future generations. My research shows that public investment is a game changer, when it comes to…

1. IntroductionIn Saudi Arabia, date production is one of the most important sources of income in the agricultural sector, as it represents about 10% of the total value of agricultural income. On average, the production of dates is…

By Paula Garda, OECD Economics Department Labour markets are in a continual state of flux. Workers get employed, leave a job and become unemployed, join the labour force or leave the labour force. The balance of these flows determines…

Image Source : INDIA TV Strong earthquake shocks in Afghanistan. Kabul: Strong earthquake tremors were felt in Afghanistan today at 07:59 pm. The intensity of the earthquake was measured at 4.5…

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin spoke to VOA during a visit to Washington about the results of United States.-Ukraine cooperation in ensuring justice for crimes committed during Russia’s war on Ukraine, the importance of…

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin spoke to VOA during a visit to Washington about the results of U.S.-Ukraine cooperation in ensuring justice for crimes committed during Russia's war on Ukraine, the importance of U.S.…

In-depth analysis March 14, 2024 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy…

The IAEA and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) have signed a strategic partnership agreement to build professional capacity in radiology across low- and-middle-income countries (LMICs), for bolstered diagnostic and…

Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) joined partner funding agencies from Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom in announcing the launch of…

TikTok is expanding its Effect Creator Rewards monetization program to more regions and lowering its payout threshold, the company announced today. The program, which launched in May 2023, rewards creators for…

4.1. Descriptive StatisticsTable 2 shows that the standard deviations are large enough to explore variance in the data for the variables of concern. Table 2 indicates that the average U5MR value between 2000 and 2021 is 90.2 per 1000…

1. IntroductionIn physical environments and cultural landscapes, we most often see colors that are not isolated from each other, but in combinations of two or more (Beretta and Moroney 2012; Wang et al. 2022). This is especially evident…

1. IntroductionA complex combination of causes, including water shortages, climate change, and expanding populations, is endangering the basic foundations of life throughout the desert landscapes of the Arab world. Food security, or…

This year’s observance, for many, is marred by Israel’s war on Gaza.Saudi officials have spotted the crescent moon and declared the the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims. The officials saw the moon…

Can we do better in Canada to meet the needs of former youth in care? Young adults across Canada continue to struggle with the high cost of living. Statistics Canada highlights a 20-year trend of Canadians aged 20-34 remaining in…

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this highly oblique…

4.3.1. Fuzzy SWARA Results and DiscussionThe second part of this study applies the quantitative methods of Fuzzy SWARA and MRA for hypothesis testing. After the experts coupled the hurdles into three main themes, they were assessed by…

Housing is a critical social determinant of health. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines healthy housing as a shelter that supports physical, mental and social wellbeing. The WHO has developed guidelines outlining the…

A recent defence deal between Somalia and Turkey has great significance for Somalia and the region’s security. The agreement, which covers both land and sea, aims to enhance defence cooperation between Turkey and Somalia. It…

1. IntroductionThe global growth of foreign capital flows, as well as the expanding magnitudes of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in recent years, have prompted governments—in both developed as well as developing countries…

1. IntroductionData on the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancy in adolescents indicate that the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of adolescents are inadequately met. In 2021, approximately…

1. IntroductionThe perennial issue of income inequality has persistently ignited intense debates, particularly among economists, gaining significant traction in the aftermath of economic downturns following the largest wave of European…

As a physicist, I am trained to look for patterns in data. For example, the motion of the tiniest particles may seem random, but it contains patterns and symmetries. The same can be said of human movements and interactions. Most…

Globally, cases of COVID-19 and related deaths are lower in June 2022 than they were at the beginning of the year. But the infection numbers are rising. Africa is no exception. The past two years have caused unimaginable…

The COVID-19 pandemic spread much slower on the African continent than in the rest of the world, contrary to predictions. As of 20 July 2022, a total of 562,672,324 COVID-19 confirmed cases and 6,367,793 deaths had been recorded…

Fragile and least developed countries have had their development assistance cut drastically, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. For instance, net official development assistance to sub-Saharan…

There are many unknowns about how societies will manage the climate transition. And the associated energy transition from fossil fuel-based energy to renewable energy. The climate transition will require significant levels of…

Highly indebted African countries are facing stark trade-offs between servicing expensive debt, supporting high and growing development needs, and stabilising domestic currencies. Government debt has risen in at least 40 African…

1. IntroductionSustainable development is one of the most significant challenges in the modern world. The concept of sustainable development can be defined, according to one of the early interpretations of the term, as the right to…