Academics and students on campus life in the era of ‘knowledge corporations’
A celebrated journalist’s guide to crisp, accurate expression is full of sound advice
In Stoke-on-Trent, Matthew Engel finds a party struggling to answer the simplest questions
With an hour of season to go, three of the nine teams were all in with a chance of winning
A fascinatingly detailed history one of the world’s great scholarly projects
In Rio, records will fall and reputations will be made. But are the Olympics losing their ability to inspire?
Golfers need no reminding of their fallibility, especially on the back nine at Augusta
How has modern Ireland changed the way it views the events that took place in Dublin 100 years ago?
In the resort where winter tourism began, warm weather forced the cancellation of the White Turf horse race
One of the remotest islands on earth is getting an airport — and that could change everything
Mourinho in Norfolk, Tyson v Fury, and mandatory drug-taking at the Olympics
Boxer’s ideas don’t have to make sense — he just has to hit people
Bizarre lyrics, atonal melodies and a ‘koala synth’; Nic Fildes enters the world of algorithm-inspired Europop
Hanna-Johara Dokal’s cake is a homage to her grandmother – and all the other family and friends we miss right now
Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!
The FT columnist selects his perfect venue, food, wine and company for a post-lockdown celebration
The actor on playing jerks, his new Netflix specials and life as a comedian in lockdown
There are 30 brain teasers, including which restaurant’s menu featured the Egg Bender?
The opposition leader on Covid-19, dealing with Corbyn’s legacy and holding Downing St to account
The company wants to upend banking but the need to mature is more urgent than ever
In China, a shrinking bottom line has intensified the already tense affair of splitting profits
Join a live discussion with food historian Polly Russell at 12pm and 5pm UK time on Saturday May 2
Their critical public service has a price attached. Seamus Murphy photographs these key workers
Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!
The 2017 edition of the OECD E-Leaders meeting will discuss how governments can best adapt to the growing role of advanced technologies in service delivery. Delegates will discuss the implications of the digital transformation in governments, including the skills base, the data infrastructure and approaches to the commissioning of ICT goods and services.
This OECD project on Linking indigenous communities with regional development aims to develop policy recommendations for OECD and partner countries to improve economic outcomes for indigenous communities by better linking them with regional development efforts.
This paper investigates the factors that shape governments’ capacity to collect revenue.
OECD work on the independence of regulators and how to protect them from undue influence. Information includes new data from a survey of 48 regulators across the world.
The OECD is now developing a new Recommendation on Open Government, which aims to help the countries that will adhere to it design and implement successful open government reforms by identifying a clear, actionable, evidence-based, and common framework for the governance of open government* .
The OECD is working with Tunisia to develop a system of subnational indicators.
Description of regulatory policy activities in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
On 10 July, the Multi-level governance review of Chile “Making decentralisation work: towards stronger municipalities” was launched in Santiago in the framework of a conference organised by SUBDERE.
This OECD assessment of the Constitutional Process Open to Citizens in Chile, identifies the lessons learned and advises on how to further improve citizen engagement in the policy making processes.
This side event at the "High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development" will provide a focused discussion on how governments can tackle the governance challenges in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Governments have responded differently to new demands on them since the global crisis, with many raising spending on social services, some trimming public sector employment and most stabilising day-to-day running costs at a lower level.
The OECD was invited to assess key elements of the Second Irish Public Service Reform Plan (PSRP 2014-2016), with a view to informing future public service reform efforts in Ireland.
A new OECD/ EUIPO study maps counterfeit trade routes, and they’re complicated, writes Bill Below from the OECD Directorate for Public Governance.
The latest edition of the OECD’s biennial overview of public governance, Government at a Glance 2017, will be published on Thursday 13 July at 11:00 CET (10:00 GMT). The report compares OECD and partner countries in areas like public sector spending, employment, pay and investment using around 60 indicators.
At the leader’s summit in Hamburg on July 7-8, 2017, the G20 High Level Principles on Combatting Corruption Related to Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Wildlife Products were launched as an annex to the Leaders’ Declaration. The Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade (TF-CIT) provided substantive input to this document throughout its development.
Toolkit providing a gateway to the various global budget and fiscal transparency institutions, official instruments, standards, and guidance materials.
Training Workshop on the elaboration and evaluation of regulatory impact assessment (RIA)
Combatting corruption and restoring trust in institutions by upholding the principles of public integrity will be at the heart of a major conference in Athens from 11-12 July 2017.
The first OECD meeting on Mining Regions will be held in Antofagasta, Chile from 5-7 October 2017. The event is a starting point for the creation of a platform to enhance cooperation among mining regions and their cities to increase productivity and well-being.