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Center for International Relations
and Sustainable Development

The breakdown of productivity diffusion

The OECD view Jane Bourke writes that  a recent OECD report –  “The Future of Productivity”  – presents a new perspective on what drives national productivity growth . The OECD explains that in every world economy there are some ‘frontier firms’, which are internationally competi…

How to End Hunger

Last September, world leaders made a commitment to end hunger by 2030, as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It sounds like a massive undertaking. In fact, the world already produces enough food to feed everyone. So why does the problem persist? Poverty and hunger are i…