Watch the opening session of this year's OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, 28 Oct; chaired by Spain, with interventions by vice-chairs Chile, Japan and New Zealand, and from the the OECD and the UN.

Don't miss this discussion with leading thinkers and policy makers on the latest state of play regarding the impact and consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and the kinds of actions needed to ensure a transformative recovery. Catch up on OECD TV.

Brazil has made good progress in improving internet access, digital security and regulation, yet more needs to be done. As the country works to contain the COVID-19 crisis, stepping up the pace of digital transformation could hasten and reinforce a just and resilient recovery, as two new OECD reports show.

Migration flows have increased over the past decade and host countries have made progress on the integration of immigrants. But some of this improvement may be erased by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis, the OECD International Migration Outlook 2020 says.

The OECD area employment rate–the share of the working-age population with jobs–fell by 4 percentage points, to 64.6%, in the second quarter of 2020, its lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2010. Across the OECD area, 560 million persons were in employment in the second quarter of 2020, 34 million less than in the previous quarter.

As the world hunts for a vaccine to stop the new brutal disease of COVID-19, a key question everyone is asking is just how quickly a vaccine can be found and distributed. International co-operation is an important part of the solution. Read our latest Forum Network post.