WASHINGTON DC, March 24, 2023 – Thousands of languages are spoken worldwide, but only a fraction are used widely. In fact, the speakers of 23 languages account for more than half of the total global population. Despite this, there are ...
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Career guidance in challenging times: An investment in the future
WASHINGTON DC, February 16, 2023 – A host of disruptive trends – public health crises, accelerated automation, digitalization, and climate change – are buffeting the world of work, requiring new kinds of skills and re-skilling in labour markets. Career guidance ...
Read More »Sharp, Long-lasting Slowdown to Hit Developing Countries Hard
WASHINGTON DC, February 9, 2023 – Global growth is slowing sharply in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates, reduced investment, and disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. Read More ...
Read More »Tensions Peak between Urgent Cost of Living Crisis and Sustainable Climate Action
WASHINGTON DC, January 11, 2023 – At present, the global pandemic and war in Europe have brought energy, inflation, food and security crises back to the fore. These create follow-on risks that will dominate the next two years: the risk of recession; ...
Read More »Flexible working hours can benefit work-life balance, businesses and productivity
WASHINGTON DC, January 6, 2023 – Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the COVID-19 crisis, can benefit economies, enterprises and workers, and lay the ground for a better and more healthy work-life balance, according ...
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