Category: New social contract

Remittances diaspora climate change development matters
Français, Green transition, New social contract

Diasporas, des acteurs invisibles de l’action climatique

Par Jason Gagnon, chef d’unité et économiste principal, Centre de développement de l’OCDE, et David Khoudour, conseiller mondial en mobilité humaine, PNUD

(This blog is also available in English)

Les diasporas jouent un rôle précieux dans la lutte contre les vulnérabilités climatiques dans les pays d’origine

Il est bien connu que les transferts de fonds contribuent de manière significative aux économies des pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire : ils représentent en moyenne plus de 5 % de leur PIB. Ce que l’on sait moins, en revanche, c’est que l’aide apportée par les communautés à l’étranger est quatre fois plus importante dans les pays frappés par des catastrophes liées au changement climatique : en Haïti, au Honduras ou au Népal, les transferts de fonds représentent plus de 20 % du PIB.

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Remittances diaspora climate change development matters
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Diasporas, the invisible heroes of climate action

By Jason Gagnon, Head of unit and Senior Economist, OECD Development Centre, and David Khoudour, Global Human Mobility Adviser, UNDP

Diasporas are not only at the forefront of the response to climate disasters, their action goes deep, way beyond the short term: in addition to sending money to their families, they invest in healthcare and reconstruction, design and lead climate adaption projects –e.g. for access to water and sustainable energy–, help diversify livelihoods and boost the resilience of local communities e.g. by improving food security and access to education. Continue reading Diasporas, the invisible heroes of climate action

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How to maximise the benefits of the LDC Services Waiver
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How to maximise the benefits of the LDC Services Waiver

By Swati Sharma, independent trade law and policy professional; and Neil Balchin, Economic Adviser, Commonwealth Secretariat, London

Services is the fastest growing segment of international trade. Yet, while service exports from least developed countries (LDCs) grew by 9% in 2021, they still accounted for less than 1% of global services trade.

Recognising the potential for trade in services to create jobs and accelerate development, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) adopted a Waiver in 2011 to support LDC service suppliers.

In addition to non-market access preferences, the Waiver enables developed and developing countries to grant direct-market-access preferences to LDCs that would otherwise be inconsistent with the most-favoured-nation rules of the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services. In response, LDCs collectively identified their export interests under the Waiver. Continue reading How to maximise the benefits of the LDC Services Waiver

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Nation building successes and failures matter to the EU and OECD
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Nation building successes and failures matter to the EU and OECD

By Dominic Rohner, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne), University of Lausanne, and Research Fellow, the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

From Syria to Libya, Somalia to Yemen, today more than 50 nations are categorised as fragile states. With a number sitting very close to the EU’s borders, it’s impossible to argue that these countries and the difficulties they face exist in a vacuum from the rest of the world.

As conflict, extremism, and poverty increase due to states falling into “failed” or “failing” categories – the ripple effects are not only tragic for the domestic population but also felt way beyond their borders.

It follows that, to help the EU achieve greater integration and assist its institutions bolster fragile neighbours and partner states, we need a greater understanding of what makes some states thrive, while others slide from fragility to outright collapse. Continue reading Nation building successes and failures matter to the EU and OECD

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Participants of the Ultra-Poor Graduation program utilize technology to ensure financial literacy best practices in Rangpur, Bangladesh (BRAC 2018)
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Opinion: The World Bank’s Evolution Is a Chance to Accelerate the End of Extreme Poverty

By Shameran Abed, Executive Director, BRAC International and Joanne Carter, Executive Director, RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund

The World Bank is evolving, but can it widen its mandate without losing focus on ending extreme poverty?

Cascading crises that include COVID-19, the Ukraine war, rising inflation, and climate extremes are making the fight against poverty ever more complex. Presented with this shifting landscape, we must support the World Bank’s efforts to evolve to better support governments in driving sustainable development.

However, in a world where lack of prioritisation over recent years has already led to a slowing of poverty reduction, the Bank must ensure its evolutions do not result in losing further momentum towards this goal.

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Social contracts and social dialogue: A missing link

By Laura Alfers, Director, Social Protection Programme, WIEGO – Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing

Social contracts – the implicit agreements between citizens, the state, workers and enterprises on how to distribute power and resources in pursuit of common goals – are leaving too many workers around the globe without access to social or labour protections. And, while much of the debate about how best to provide these protections focuses on issues like financing, appropriate regulation and policy design – something central to the process of social contract formation is often left out or emerges as an afterthought. That is social dialogue.  

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Gender, Women and Girls, New social contract

Breaking the chains: how to overcome gender biases for true equality

By Pierre de Boisséson, Economist, and Hyeshin Park, Gender Programme Co-ordinator, OECD Development Centre

 We all have biases when it comes to gender roles. From pre-conceived ideas about the kinds of roles men and women take on at home to the types of jobs for which they are suited. Shockingly, a significant portion of the population believes that men should have more rights and opportunities than women. While easily overlooked, these outdated ideas actually have staggering socio-economic ripple effects – limiting women’s agency and costing societies billions, if not trillions, of dollars in lost GDP.

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Investir dans l’industrie du sport en Afrique : un levier de développement inexploité

Par Will Mbiakop, Président exécutif, African Sports and Creative Institute et Federico Bonaglia, Directeur adjoint, Centre de développement de l’OCDE

Le marché du sport représente aujourd’hui environ 5 % du PIB mondial, avec une croissance annuelle de 4 % à l’échelle mondiale entre 2015 et 2020. L’écrasante majorité de cette richesse est cependant concentrée en Amérique du Nord et en Europe, et certaines régions du globe restent sur la touche. Pour réaliser le potentiel inexploité de l’industrie du sport comme levier de développement en Afrique, il faut faire connaitre les opportunités économiques qu’elle recèle, tout en améliorant le cadre général de l’investissement, le sujet au cœur du rapport Dynamiques du développement en Afrique 2023 : Investir dans le développement durable.

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Français, Migration, New social contract

Les politiques d’adaptation au changement climatique doivent prendre en compte les déplacements forcés

Par Jason Gagnon, Chef d’unité, Migration et compétences, Centre de développement de l’OCDE, et Jens Hesemann, Conseiller principal en politiques, Direction de la coopération pour le développement de l’OCDE

Un ensemble de facteurs interdépendants poussent les populations à se déplacer de force. Parmi ces facteurs, les effets du changement climatique ont aujourd’hui une importance qu’ils n’avaient pas lors de l’élaboration de la Convention relative au statut des réfugiés en 1951.  Conséquence : les personnes déplacées aujourd’hui par les effets du changement climatique n’entrent pas dans le champ d’application de la Convention. 

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