Reading Time: 4 minutesMining regions face acute challenges in terms of well-being. National plans and policies alone will not bring well-being gains to mining communities.
Category: Regions
Keeping food on the table: cities for sustainable food systems
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy 2050, up to 55% of the world population will be living in urban areas, consuming 80% of the world’s food. Already around a third of produced food goes to waste at a value of USD 940 billion annually.
Climate action needs local leaders: can they rise to the challenge?
Reading Time: 3 minutesLocal leaders will need to mobilise their communities to tackle the very different challenges they will face and seize new opportunities in making the transition to net zero, as set out in the 2021 OECD Regional Outlook. In doing so, they can bring together solutions to generate important local well-being benefits.
All together now? Migrant integration at the local level
Reading Time: 3 minutes1 in 10 people across OECD countries are migrants. They bring fiscal benefits to their host countries. Latest OECD estimates across 25 countries show that migrants contributed USD 2.5 trillion in taxes annually, USD 570 billion more than governments spent on them.
Covid-19 and commercial real estate: the threat to city finances
Reading Time: 4 minutesMass adoption of remote working has reduced the value of living close to city centers along with demand for office space. A sharp adjustment in property prices is likely, presenting cities with significant fiscal risks. In response, mayors will need to rethink the role of city centers and actively work to shore up revenues.
Reaching digital deserts – extending access to broadband has never been so important
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2020, global Internet traffic was estimated to be more than 3 zettabytes – the equivalent of 325 million households watching Netflix simultaneously, at all times. By 2022, these flows will be 1,000 times greater than in 2002, 20 years earlier.
Pulling together or drifting apart? Regions in the recovery
Reading Time: 4 minutesTo further help in that process, we’re launching a new OECD Regional Recovery Platform that will help national and subnational governments track the recovery using internationally comparable subnational data, and support the development of policies to build back better and ultimately bring regions together.