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COVID-19 in Latin America: Promoting entrepreneurship and reducing social vulnerabilities
By Jorge Arbache, Private Sector Vice-President, Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) This blog is part of a series on tackling...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 8, 20205 min read
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COVID-19 and labour markets in Latin America: How to repair the damage?
By José Manuel Salazar Xirinachs, Former Regional Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for Latin America and the...
Emma R Marmol
May 7, 20205 min read
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From Social Distancing to Social Solidarity: Gig economy and the Covid-19
By Funda Ustek-Spilda, Mark Graham, Alessio Bertolini, Srujana Katta, Fabian Ferrari and Kelle Howson – A coalition of researchers at...
Emma R Marmol
Mar 27, 20204 min read
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The food economy can create more jobs for West African youth
By Léopold Ghins and Koffi Zougbédé, OECD Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat Français suit Muhammad Sanyang, General Manager of MBK...
Emma R Marmol
Aug 23, 20199 min read
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Migration and Africa: Driving better policy choices by changing the conversation
By Faten Aggad1 Non-resident Business Associate and International Consultant, Maendeleo Group, Cape Town, South Africa Learn more about...
Emma R Marmol
Sep 5, 20184 min read
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Turning a commitment into actions
By Mario Cerutti, Chief Institutional Relations & Sustainability Officer, Lavazza Group To learn more about countries’ strategies for...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 14, 20184 min read
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What youth need: A greater focus on job quality
By Niall O’Higgins, Senior Research Specialist, Youth Employment Programme, International Labour Organisation (ILO) Learn more about this...
Emma R Marmol
Mar 21, 20184 min read
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What gets measured gets managed: Tapping into local procurement in the mining industry to advance de
By Luke Balleny, Manager, Role of Mining and Metals in Society, International Council on Mining and Metals Zambia – crusher for...
Emma R Marmol
Jan 31, 20183 min read
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Policy pathways for addressing informality
By Juan R. de Laiglesia, Senior Economist, OECD Development Centre Vendor selling fresh vegetables in Galle, Sri Lanka The prevailing...
Emma R Marmol
Oct 18, 20176 min read
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La promesse du « made in Africa » ne sera tenue qu’en misant sur les entrepreneurs locaux
Par Victor Harison, commissaire aux affaires économiques de la Commission de l’UA. et Mario Pezzini est directeur du Centre de...
Emma R Marmol
Oct 5, 20174 min read
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Services, informality and productivity in Africa
By Tabea Lakemann, Research Fellow, GIGA Institute of African Affairs and University of Göttingen, and Jann Lay, Acting Director, GIGA...
Emma R Marmol
Oct 3, 20174 min read
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Excessive informal sector: a drag on productivity
By Aleksander Surdej, Poland’s Ambassador to the OECD Photos by Victor Jiang / Shutterstock The informal economy remains a problem when...
Emma R Marmol
Aug 30, 20174 min read
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Infrastructure, jobs, good governance: Bringing Africans’ priorities to the G20 table
By Michael Bratton, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and African Studies at Michigan State University and senior...
Emma R Marmol
Jul 18, 20174 min read
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The Informal Economy in African Cities: Key to Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development
By Martha Alter Chen, Harvard University and WIEGO Network Learn more about this timely topic at the upcoming Global Forum on Development...
Emma R Marmol
Apr 4, 20176 min read
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Informal is normal in Latin America: taxes matter
By Juan Carlos Benítez, Economist at the Latin American and Caribbean Unit, and Angel Melguizo, Head of the Latin American and Caribbean...
Emma R Marmol
Dec 19, 20166 min read
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Creating jobs in the developing world
By Elizabeth L. Littlefield, OPIC President and CEO ratio of aid to investment has flipped, and the amount of investment flowing to the...
Emma R Marmol
Aug 16, 20163 min read
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Nourrir sa population constitue le principal secteur d’activité de l’économie de l’Afrique de l̵
par Laurent Bossard, Directeur, Secrétariat du Club du Sahel et de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CSAO/OCDE) (English version follows) Je fais...
Emma R Marmol
Jul 11, 20166 min read
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The Gig Economy
By Juan R. de Laiglesia and Caroline Tassot, OECD Development Centre Wolfgang von Kempelen built an impressive chess-playing automat in...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 22, 20164 min read
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How to make the SDGs walk the talk about gender equality and women’s empowerment
By Keiko Nowacka, Gender coordinator at the OECD Development Centre This September, the world will adopt a new development framework: the...
Emma R Marmol
Sep 8, 20154 min read
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