COGITO Insights for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Tourism, Regions and Cities

Entrepreneurship in Times of COVID-19

25 March 2021 Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Hon. Stuart Nash and Constantijn van Oranje

Entrepreneurs have been hit hard by the crisis. Surveys show that since the start of the pandemic, globally, 70-80% of SMEs experienced a serious drop in revenues/sales, and over 40% stopped operations altogether in the first wave of the crisis.

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How can cities get transport and cycling right to ensure a sustainable COVID-19 recovery?

25 March 2021 Oscar Huerta Melchor

COVID-19 stigmatised public transport as unable to preserve physical distancing and therefore health. Although some studies suggest the probability of becoming infected while using public transport is lower than in other closed spaces, many people are still staying away from buses, trains and subways.

Water Security For All: How Can We Achieve It?

22 March 2021 Oriana Romano

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, Ministers, experts and other high-level speakers join us this week for OECD Water Days (22-26 March) where we will examine the implications for water security from a regional perspective, during sessions on water governance in Africa (24 March), Latin America and the Caribbean (25 March), and Asia-Pacific (26 March).

#AdoptACOVIDGraduate

25 February 2021 Lamia Kamal-Chaoui

Businesses, big and small, have to stand up for the COVID generation. Extend a hand to young graduates from the Class of Corona, offer them internships and first jobs, and bet on their future. This crisis has brought an entire generation to a halt. Students and young graduates have classes and exams cancelled…

After the Boom? COVID-19 and European City Labour Markets

18 February 2021 Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp and Pawel Adrjan

Berlin, London, Madrid and Paris are engines of productivity growth that have long been magnets for young and skilled workers. COVID-19 has brought this boom to a halt. Indeed job posting data offer an unparalleled view of how the pandemic has transformed labour markets in Europe’s four largest capitals at the start of 2021.

An imagined country

08 January 2021 Lamia Kamal-Chaoui and Peter Wostner

In the early stages of the pandemic, the focus was squarely on cities. Urban density and shared spaces contributed to surging case numbers and deaths: before June, the rise in excess deaths was more than three times higher in large metropolitan areas compared to remote regions. But rural areas still reeled from the economic impacts. Businesses closed to comply with containment measures, trade slowed, and tourism activity all but ceased.

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