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Beyond the final whistle: How major events can strengthen urban food systems

Reading Time: 4 minutesMajor sporting events bring new opportunities for local food businesses, but the benefits do not always last. How can cities turn temporary demand into stronger, more resilient food systems long after the final whistle?

Réduire les inégalités de genre dans le secteur financier: pourquoi et comment?

Reading Time: 3 minutesMalgré les progrès réalisés ces dernières années, le lien entre femmes et argent reste encore trop souvent un angle mort dans la sphère économique et financière. Que peuvent faire les régulateurs des marchés financiers?

Cuando la fiesta del cobre acaba, ¿pueden las regiones mineras conservar lo ganado?

Reading Time: 3 minutesLos auges del cobre no duran para siempre. Los precios suben, llega la inversión y las regiones mineras crecen, pero tarde o temprano el ciclo cambia. Para los territorios que dependen de la minería, la pregunta es evidente: ¿qué queda cuando eso ocurre?

From steel to social cohesion in Bilbao

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe city of Bilbao has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent decades, evolving from a declining industrial centre into a city of global standing and appeal. How has it kept social cohesion at its heart?

Mining standards: Turning opportunity into local-development reality

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is the “paradox of proximity”: communities nearest a mine feel its impacts first, yet often lack the skills, finance or infrastructure to secure jobs and contracts. How can these opportunities be turned into outcomes?

La economía social y solidaria en Cataluña: claves del éxito

Reading Time: 4 minutesLa economía social y solidaria catalana no nació solo de la ley: desde 2016, catorce “Ateneus Cooperatius” y redes comunitarias han creado más de 1100 cooperativas. ¿Bastará ahora la política para sostener lo que crearon?

When the copper party ends… can mining regions make the gains last?

Reading Time: 3 minutesCopper booms do not last for ever. Prices rise, investment pours in and mining regions expand. Then the cycle turns. The obvious question for places that depend on mining is: what remains when it does?

Putting industrial policy in its place

07 April 2026 Dorothée Allain-Dupré - (OECD), Rudiger Ahrend - (OECD) and Andrew Paterson - (OECD)

Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter years in economic exile, industrial policies are back in a big way. Industrial policy interventions increased 20-fold in the past decade, as governments seek to rebuild competitiveness, support emerging technologies and shore up supply chains. This is true in OECD countries, but also in developing countries which use it more intensively. Many of these are adopting a place-based approach: between 2019-22, regional industrial policy support rose by over 50% as a share of GDP in 11 OECD countries. But why?

How a small boost can lead to big dreams: microfinance success stories

03 April 2026 Marie Vial and Nicola Benaglio

Reading Time: 5 minutesAt just 16 years old, while working in a bakery in Paraguay, Vanessa realised she had found her calling. While others continued their studies, she chose a different path, staying close to the work that inspired her most: serving customers with care, leading a team and delivering quality products while supporting local producers. While young entrepreneurs remain largely underrepresented across Europe, how was Vanessa able to turn her vision into a reality?

“How many hours, how many pages?” The hidden cost of cybersecurity for SMEs

27 March 2026 Liina Kamm - (Cybernetica)

Reading Time: 4 minutesFor large companies serving millions of customers, cyber threats are an unfortunate reality. They operate complex digital infrastructures, handle vast amounts of sensitive data, and usually have dedicated cybersecurity teams and resources to manage these risks. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), however, face a very different reality. Many handle sensitive customer information but cannot afford a dedicated cybersecurity specialist. As cyber threats grow more frequent and sophisticated, how can SMEs protect their data without the resources of large companies?

When unemployment rises, people reach for entrepreneurship: how can governments help them?

24 March 2026 Polly Dhaliwal - (Enterprise Nation)

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs the UK labour market adjusts to a new economic reality, recent data from the Office for National Statistics shows unemployment rising to around 5.2%, its highest level since 2021. This shift reflects broader global patterns, where hiring is slowing and many traditional roles are being reshaped by automation and artificial intelligence. While numbers alone do not always capture the real picture, history tells us that periods of disruption have often acted as catalysts for reinvention. That is also true of what we are experiencing now.

The weight of the cloud: the cost of AI for water

22 March 2026 Ander Eizaguirre - (OECD) and Enol Nieto Jiménez

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen people talk about “the cloud”, it sounds weightless, something almost magical floating in the sky. Except that it isn’t. It lives on the ground, in data centres filled with servers that store, process and move staggering amounts of information every second. These data centres consume energy, occupy land, use metals and minerals from global supply chains – and they need vast amounts of water for cooling.

More than movies: Can film drive regional development?

20 March 2026 Maya Camacho - (OECD) and Thomas Buchwalder - (Cactus Films)

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen fans travel to Northern Ireland to experience landscapes made famous by Game of Thrones, they are doing more than chasing a fantasy, they are fuelling a regional economy. Although the television series concluded in 2019, it still draws around 350 000 visitors each year, representing around one in six visitors from outside Northern Ireland. How can more regions reel in the benefits of movie stardom?

Repensar las realidades rurales: cuáles son los desafíos y dónde se encuentran las oportunidades

10 March 2026 Dorothée Allain-Dupré - (OECD)

Reading Time: 6 minutesEn el imaginario colectivo, las regiones rurales suelen evocar imágenes de abandono y decadencia. Sin embargo, esto está lejos de reflejar la realidad. Las zonas rurales albergan al 30% de la población de la OCDE y, en algunos casos, están creciendo más rápido que las ciudades en términos de desarrollo, productividad e innovación. Entonces, ¿por qué las narrativas obsoletas sobre el declive rural siguen eclipsando sus contribuciones? Ha llegado el momento de desmontar los mitos que frenan a estas regiones.

De la informalidad a la inclusión: Compartiendo los recursos rurales de América Latina

04 March 2026 Roxana Glavanov - (OECD) and Amal Chevreau - (OECD)

Reading Time: 4 minutesLas comunidades rurales de América Latina producen gran parte de los alimentos, energía y minerales de los que depende el mundo. Sin embargo, para la mayoría de los habitantes rurales, la promesa de una prosperidad duradera sigue siendo inalcanzable porque a: pesar de esta riqueza, el trabajo informal e inseguro sigue presente, debilitando los medios de vida, servicios y oportunidades a largo plazo.

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