24 mars 2017
24 mars 2017
New reports by anti-racism commission on Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland and Luxembourg
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has published today four country reports on Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland and Luxembourg, analysing recent developments and making recommendations to the authorities. The respective governments’ comments were also published. More...
24 mars 2017
Cognitive skills in middle-income countries: Evidence from PIAAC and STEP
Posted by . 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 skills: Nine more countries added on”). More...
24 mars 2017
How we all benefit when women have access to finance
The International Finance Corporation estimates that approximately 65% of women-led small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies are either unserved or underserved financially. More...
24 mars 2017
The Global Goals’ Business Opportunity in Africa
A critical transition from a heavy reliance on international public development finance to locally generated private sector solutions to development problems is underway. More...
24 mars 2017
Tackling crop losses at the root means sharing knowledge
All farmers are affected by pests and diseases attacking their crops, but smallholder farmers and their dependents in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected. To put it in perspective, there are about 500 million smallholder farmers worldwide who feed about 70% of the world’s population. More...
24 mars 2017
The Online Platform, Trade, MSMEs and Women: Lessons from eBay towards user-driven economic empowerment
Irrespective of where in the world we look, we find micro and small businesses leveraging an online platform business strategy to engage in commerce on a global scale. More...
24 mars 2017
The SDGs, Domestic Resource Mobilisation and the Poor
Countries around the world committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, achieving some of the SDGs could happen at the expense of the overarching goal of reducing poverty, at least in the short-run. More...
24 mars 2017
Girls robbed of their childhood in the Sahel
In Mali, Niger and Chad, 40% of children under five suffer from stunting. These children do not receive enough nutrients. Their bodies — their brains, bones and muscles — do not get enough calcium, iron or zinc or enough vitamins (A, B2, B12 etc.), so they do not have enough energy to grow and develop. More...
24 mars 2017
Why empowering women can make women and men happier
The OECD has long argued that the ultimate goal of public policies is to improve the quality of our lives. But what makes us happy? Does living in a country guaranteeing equal rights and opportunities to women and men increase people’s happiness? The answer apparently is yes. More...
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