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Landmark multilateral treaty signed today at OECD marks significant first step towards implementation of global minimum tax by swiftly amending existing bilateral tax treaties and restoring certain taxing rights to developing countries.
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Girls and women outperform boys in education, but remain disadvantaged in the labour market
Significantly more young women than men obtain advanced qualifications. However, the employment rate of women aged 25-34 remains below the employment rate of men. The employment rate of young women without an upper secondary qualification is 25 percentage points lower than the employment rate of their male counterparts.
Among young adults with tertiary qualifications, the gender gap in employment rates is smaller but still significant at 6 percentage points. Young women also earn less than young men, with average earnings 15% lower for those lacking an upper secondary qualification and 17% lower for those with a tertiary qualification.
Foreign-born women face a dual labour-market challenge as immigrants and as women. Among native-born tertiary-educated adults, the gender gap in employment rates averages 5 percentage points in favour of men across OECD countries, but more than doubles to 13 percentage points among those who are foreign born.
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19 September 2024
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology capable of tasks that typically require human-like intelligence, such as understanding language, recognising patterns, and making decisions. AI holds the potential to address complex challenges from enhancing education and improving health care, to driving scientific innovation and climate action. But AI systems also pose risks to privacy, safety, security, and human autonomy. Effective governance is essential to ensure AI development and deployment are safe, secure and trustworthy, with policies and regulation that foster innovation and competition.Learn more
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Analysis and insights for driving a rapid transition to net-zero while building resilience to physical climate impacts.Learn more
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The OECD designs international standards and guidelines for development co-operation, based on best practices, and monitors their implementation by its members. It works closely with member and partner countries, and other stakeholders (such as the United Nations and other multilateral entities) to help them implement their development commitments. It also invites developing country governments to take an active part in policy dialogue.Learn more
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Despite progress in recent years, more work needs to be done across all OECD countries to secure gender equality, with women and girls still facing inappropriate disadvantages and barriers in most spheres of social and economic life. Gender equality must remain a priority, as a matter of basic human rights and long-term economic wellbeing and prosperity. It drives economic growth, strengthens democracy, enhances social cohesion and increases the well-being of all members of society.Learn more
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About 70% of international trade involves global value chains (GVCs), as services, raw materials, parts, and components cross borders – often numerous times. A strong trend has emerged towards the international dispersion of value chain activities such as design, production, marketing, distribution, etc. This emergence of GVCs and increased interest in their sustainability and resilience requires analysing supply chains as a whole and developing policies around them.Learn more
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In today’s globalised world, it is crucial that tax administrations work together to ensure the right amount of tax is paid to the right jurisdiction. The OECD is at the forefront of international efforts to use enhanced transparency and exchange of information to put an end to bank secrecy and fight tax evasion and avoidance.Learn more
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