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Obesity-related diseases will claim more than 90 million lives in OECD countries in the next 30 years, with life expectancy reduced by nearly three years. Obesity stands also to reduce GDP by 3.3%, and affect personal budgets, amounting to USD 360 per capita per year, The Heavy Burden of Obesity: The Economics of Prevention warns.

The OECD is publishing a proposal to advance international negotiations to ensure large and highly profitable multinational enterprises, including digital companies, pay tax wherever they have significant consumer-facing activities and generate their profits. The proposal is now open to a public consultation process.

Taxing polluting sources of energy is an effective way to curb harmful emissions and to help finance the low-carbon transition for vulnerable households. Yet 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions from advanced and emerging economies are entirely untaxed, a preview of Taxing Energy Use 2019 reveals.

The global economy has become more fragile and uncertain, with growth slowing and downside risks continuing to mount, the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook warns. Watch live!

Migration flows to OECD countries rose slightly in 2018, with around 5.3 million new, permanent migrants, a 2% increase over 2017. Family and labour migration increased, while the number of asylum applications fell sharply, according to the OECD International Migration Outlook 2019.