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18 hours ago · The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD; French: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, [1] [4] founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum whose member countries describe themselves as ...
May 5, 2024 · The World Social Capital Monitor (WSCM) is an open access survey assessing the social capital of countries around the globe in order to better understand their social climate. It is developed by the Basel Institute of Commons and Economics (BICE) for the UN Sustainable Development Partnership.
18 hours ago · Across OECD countries, it takes nearly five generations for children from low-income families to approach the average income in their country. Innovation or creation of a business ...
May 5, 2024 · 1.2.1 The Belt and Road Initiative, South-South Cooperation and China’s Recent Economic Engagement with Africa. The US-led Western political-economic order is becoming increasingly challenged, fragmented, and losing its vigour, as a result of competition from non-Western powers such as China.
May 5, 2024 · South Africa’s development strategy aligns with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) signed by leaders of 189 countries, which focuses on fighting poverty, promoting education, protecting the environment, and fighting hunger. The MDGs were superseded by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda.
18 hours ago · Companies promised they would address the issue more than 10 years ago when endorsing voluntary commitments contained in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the United Nations ...
18 hours ago · The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its latest forecast for developed nations Thursday, and it didn’t make pleasant reading for the U.K. The country was one of only a few nations to have its outlook downgraded by the organization, now expected to grow at 0.4% instead of 0.7% previously.
