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30-Jan-2008
Education is an essential foundation for personal, social and economic success in a globalised economy. But how can developing countries offer enough education, particularly quality tertiary education, to their citizens to enable them to play a full part in creating and enjoying such success?
Many countries, particularly in the developed world, are competing to attract foreign students, or to establish a presence abroad. But they do not always realise that they could also benefit from their own students and academics going abroad or from hosting foreign educational programmes and institutions.
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29-Jan-2008
Education plays a key role in determining how you spend your adult life – a higher level of education means higher earnings, better health, and a longer life. By the same token, the long-term social and financial costs of educational failure are high. Those without the skills to participate socially and economically generate higher costs for health, income support, child welfare and social security systems.
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25-Jan-2008
Birth rates have declined sharply in most OECD countries over the past few decades. The total birth rate was still sufficient to maintain a constant population in the early 1980s but has since declined to just 1.6 children per woman. This is well below the average of 2.1 children per woman needed just to maintain current population levels and will bring dramatic consequences – declining population levels in most OECD countries and a much higher proportion of older people.
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18-Jan-2008
Madrid has captured the advantages of globalisation by becoming a metropolitan region of 6 million people, which attracts foreign workers and firms. The capital region has experienced impressive dynamic economic growth in recent years, making the best of the positive business cycle in Spain. It absorbs more than half of Spain’s total foreign direct investment (FDI) and has extended its economic relations with Latin American countries.
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18-Jan-2008
Madrid a tiré parti des avantages de la mondialisation en devenant une région métropolitaine de 6 millions d’habitants, qui attire la main-d’oeuvre et les entreprises étrangères. La région de la capitale a connu ces dernières années une croissance économique d’un dynamisme impressionnant, exploitant au mieux la conjoncture favorable en Espagne. Elle absorbe plus de la moitié du total de l’investissement direct étranger (IDE) en Espagne et elle a élargi ses relations économiques avec les pays d’Amérique latine.
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12-Dec-2007
Climate change is already with us. Scientific evidence shows that past emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) are already affecting the Earth’s climate. If current trends and policies continue, the result will be a rapidly warming world. Action is needed now to significantly reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the coming decades.
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12-Dec-2007
Successful local development in the knowledge-driven global economy requires places to be truly distinctive, appealing and productive. Just as firms must innovate and invest to succeed, localities have to adjust, reinvent, and differentiate themselves. They must modernise their transport, communications and other infrastructure and build up human capital. But all this comes at a cost.
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03-Dec-2007
Bioenergy and biofuels are of growing public and private interest at a time of rapidly rising world energy demand and high oil prices. Amid concerns over climate change, they are also increasingly under the spotlight as a “cleaner” alternative to fossil fuels.
But are biofuels for transport a viable alternative to power our cars, trucks and buses? Do they deliver the expected environmental benefits? And what role should public policy play in their development?
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26-Nov-2007
Chile remains a strong performer. Exemplary macroeconomic management continues to deliver robust public finances and low, albeit recently rising, inflation. Structural reform is ongoing, ranging from improvements in regulation to a strengthening of social protection, including through much-needed further pension reform. Growth is on the rise, contributing to further reducing Chile’s still sizeable income gap relative to the OECD area, reducing poverty and improving income distribution.
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23-Nov-2007
Innovation is a major factor of economic growth and performance in the globalised economy. Innovation brings new technologies and new products that help address global challenges such as health or the environment. New ways of producing goods and delivering services boost productivity, create jobs and can help improve citizens’ quality of life.
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An easy-to-read series to help understand the economic and social issues high on everyone's agenda, from economic growth to health, pensions, trade and development.
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