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Remote work: should I stay or should I go?

08 October 2021 Jose Enrique Garcilazo - (OECD)

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe ability to telework provided an important source of resilience for people, firms and places during the pandemic. In OECD countries, teleworking grew from around 16% of employees before the crisis to around 37% during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020.

Can the Circular Economy Become the New Normal in Cities?

28 September 2021 Oriana Romano - (OECD)

Reading Time: 3 minutesCOVID-19 showed us how capable we are of shifting toward a circular economy.

On the road again? The Future of Tourism post-pandemic

26 September 2021 Lamia Kamal-Chaoui (CFE Director, OECD)

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn March 2020, the global tourism industry shuddered to a halt. Travel corridors closed. Stations and airports emptied. Suitcases were stored away. A year and a half later, the outlook for tourism – and the many jobs that depend on it – remains uncertain.

Hitting the she-start button – women entrepreneurs can lead the recovery

17 August 2021 Lamia Kamal-Chaoui (CFE Director, OECD)

Reading Time: 3 minutesEarlier this year, we marvelled as billionaire entrepreneurs Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos reached for the stars through trial launches of rockets developed by Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin. In many ways, their race represents popular perceptions of entrepreneurship – the expression of a drive that is ambitious, competitive, innovative, and…. male.

It needn’t be that way.

COVID and the City – What next for the UK’s Core Cities?

30 July 2021 Nick Forbes - (Core Cities) and Lamia Kamal-Chaoui (CFE Director, OECD)

Reading Time: 3 minutesOver the course of the pandemic, the bustling, busy city spaces of the world have – for long periods – lain empty as citizens retreated indoors to shelter from the virus. These empty spaces and closed doors have become a powerful, visible symbol of the impacts of the pandemic, which have been felt keenly by the UK’s eleven “Core Cities” of Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.

Where SimCity Gets Zoning Right, and Where Not

28 July 2021 Rudiger Ahrend - (OECD) and Jaebeum Cho - (OECD)

Reading Time: 4 minutesMany readers will be familiar with the game SimCity. You play an omnipotent mayor, laying roads, planning infrastructure, and zoning land to grow your city and attract “Sims”, the inhabitants of your marvel creation. With good planning, your city prospers, Sims are happy, and you earn “Simoleons” (SimCity’s currency) to develop your city further. That is, of course, barring the occasional zombie apocalypse.

La jeunesse est notre avenir. Mobilisons-nous pour l’aider à construire le sien

20 July 2021 Muriel Penicaud - (Permanente de la France auprès de l’OCDE)

Reading Time: 3 minutesC’est en mobilisant les acteurs et les talents de la société civile, aux côtés et en complémentarité des gouvernements et des collectivités publiques, que nous pourrons relever ensemble ces formidables défis que représentent aujourd’hui l’emploi et l’émancipation des jeunes, l’égalité femme-hommes, la transition écologique ou encore l’avenir de l’entreprise.

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Les smart cities ne suffisent plus : les villes ont besoin de systèmes de résilience

Beyond Tokyo: Can Japan boost the appeal of its regions?

When a giant restructures: what Volkswagen’s job cuts mean for local labour markets

Industrial Policy Needs to be Systematic, Not Just Ad Hoc

Smart Cities Are Not Enough: Cities Need Resilience Systems

When National Climate Averages Miss the Story

La Economía Social en España: Transformando los Valores en Cifras

The Social Economy in Spain: Turning Values into Numbers

Culture as Infrastructure: Policy Lessons from Abu Dhabi’s Creative Economy

From World Cup excitement to lasting local benefits: what can cities learn?

東京の先へー仙台が築く、より強靱な観光経済

Cutting red tape where it matters most: Why SMEs need simpler local rules