All posts tagged "OECD"

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  From retrofits to investment vehicles: building the infrastructure for green growth

  To ‘build back better’, governments must oversee the creation of new infrastructures to decarbonise their economies. At a recent webinar, senior officials from the OECD, Estonia and the Czech Republic

  • Posted April 9, 2021
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  Five interesting insights from the OECD’s governance report

  The recent publication includes some surprising lessons for civil service leaders – arguing, for example, that some anti-corruption practices can be counterproductive Last month, the OECD published a report promoting

  • Posted January 8, 2021
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  OECD warns against pivot to austerity

  The chief economist of the OECD has urged governments not to rush to cut public spending deficits, setting out a very different position from that taken by the organisation in

  • Posted January 4, 2021
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  Career highlights: civil service leaders share their proudest moments

  From supporting victims of crime to developing future talent and nurturing authentic leadership – officials share their memorable work moments. Kate Hodge reports Sometimes in the melee of work, we

  • Posted December 14, 2020
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  Leaders’ picks: national civil service chiefs share ideas for tackling COVID-19

  From supporting officials’ mental health to setting up a taskforce to tackle domestic violence, civil services around the world have responded to the novel coronavirus with new services and reforms.

  • Posted December 2, 2020
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  South Korea tops OECD digital government rankings

  South Korea has been ranked as the top digital government among 33 countries in a league table released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The 2019 Digital

  • Posted October 21, 2020
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  Amidst the pandemic, African statistics are better than you think

  Africa’s statisticians have done a remarkable job of gathering data on the pandemic, say Ghana’s chief statistician and the head of PARIS21. With more funding, they could go much further

  • Posted September 29, 2020
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  Council of Europe starts work on legally-binding AI treaty

  The Council of Europe is working on a future legal framework to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across all 47 member states. The Council’s Ad hoc Committee on

  • Posted July 22, 2020
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  Unless every country has good data, we won’t beat future pandemics

  No country can tackle COVID-19 without a clear picture of the disease’s development and impact, says Johannes Jütting. Less developed nations, he argues, must be helped to acquire the funds

  • Posted July 2, 2020
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  EU promises new digital taxes after US pulls out of talks

  An abrupt US decision to abandon international negotiations aimed at taxing tech giants has sparked fears of a trade war, with the European Commission and member states vowing to act

  • Posted June 22, 2020
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