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How did the sharpest global slowdown in more than six decades happen, and how can recovery be made sustainable? OECD Insights: From Crisis to Recovery traces the causes, course and consequences of the “Great Recession”. It explains how a global build up of liquidity, coupled with poor...
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People with higher levels of education report less prevalence of depression in all OECD countries with data. A greater share of women than men report suffering from depression, but the share decreases more steeply for women than for men as educational attainment increases. Employment is...
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When you think of someone who is an engineer, do you imagine a man or a woman wearing a hardhat? How about when you imagine a teacher standing in front of a class of schoolchildren? If you answer “a man” to the first question, and “a woman” to the second, there’s probably a reason. And...
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Countries vary in the way they use marks, but they all tend to reward the mastery of skills and attitudes that promote learning. Teachers tend to give girls and socio-economically advantaged students better school marks, even if they don’t have better performance and attitudes than boys and...
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Life expectancy at age 65 years old is the average number of years that a person at that age can be expected to live, assuming that age-specific mortality levels remain constant. However, the actual age-specific death rate of any particular birth cohort cannot be known in advance. If rates are...
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Public communication is an essential part of government policy and an important contributor to transparency, integrity … Government of Jordan for making a strategic use of public communication and strengthening the media ecosystem in the interest of …
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Public communication is an essential element of government policy and crucial for transparency, integrity …, accountability and stakeholder participation. This OECD Review analyses public communication in Lebanon, by reviewing the relevant … recommendations in this report highlight important opportunities to shift towards a more strategic approach to public communication …
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member countries’ responses to it through public communication initiatives specifically. It also offers preliminary …
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Responsible science communication is crucial for fostering public trust in science and promoting evidence …, science communication faces new challenges including widespread mis- and disinformation. To address these challenges, science … communicators should follow key principles for responsible science communication including transparency, inclusivity, integrity …
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