Progress continues with the implementation of the BEPS package, as the OECD releases the second peer review assessing countries’ efforts to implement the Action 6 minimum standard as agreed under the OECD/G20 BEPS Project.

Recent decades have seen rapid growth of advanced digital technologies, including high-speed computing, big data, artificial intelligence, the internet-of-things and blockchain. This “digital revolution” creates significant opportunities for all levels of government to improve the delivery of public goods and services, and to raise more and better revenue.

Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) increased to 23.1% of GDP on average in 2018, according to the new edition of Revenue Statistics in Latin America in the Caribbean published today. However, these gains are now under threat as a result of the region’s deteriorating fiscal outlook, which has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Exports (Bop) - Fabric, Fibre And Yarn, Leather And Dressed Furs in Canada decreased to 96.20 CAD Million in March from 97.30 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports (Bop) - Fabric, Fibre And Yarn, Leather An in Canada averaged 114.30 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 203.80 CAD Million in July of 2001 and a record low of 28.20 CAD Million in July of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Fabric, Fibre And Yarn, Leathe.

Exports (Bop) - Heating, Cooling And Air Purification Equipment in Canada increased to 229.60 CAD Million in March from 227.80 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports (Bop) - Heating, Cooling And Air Purificat in Canada averaged 101.69 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 229.60 CAD Million in March of 2020 and a record low of 16.10 CAD Million in April of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Heating, Cooling And Air Purif.

Exports of (bop) - Meat Products in Canada increased to 799.30 CAD Million in March from 776 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports of (bop) - Meat Products in Canada averaged 377.88 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 803.80 CAD Million in January of 2020 and a record low of 99.50 CAD Million in October of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Meat Products.

Imports of (bop) - Wheat in Canada increased to 5.80 CAD Million in March from 5.50 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Wheat in Canada averaged 1.41 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 9.90 CAD Million in December of 2002 and a record low of 0 CAD Million in February of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Wheat.

Canada recorded 4473 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Canada reported 65400 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Coronavirus Deaths.

Iraq recorded 104 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Iraq reported 2603 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Iraq Coronavirus Deaths.

Gambia recorded 1 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Gambia reported 20 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Gambia Coronavirus Deaths.

This survey was presented at the Informal ministerial meeting on responsible business conduct held in Paris on 26 June 2014.

This self-assessment report looks at South Africa's investment regime in the light of the OECD Codes of Liberalisation and the principle of National Treatment.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría blogs about international investment treaties at a time when they are increasingly in the spotlight.

Paris, 16 March 2015: Organised by the OECD-hosted Freedom of Investment Roundtable, this conference assessed opportunities and challenges associated with investment treaties and how the system can be improved.

Most investment treaties do not expressly address joint interpretations and thus leave the issue to more general rules. This paper addresses the general legal framework applicable to joint agreements by treaty parties about the interpretation of treaties. It outlines key concepts and distinctions, and considers effects on third parties.

Paris, 14 March 2016: Organised by the OECD-hosted Freedom of Investment Round-table, this conference will explore how governments are balancing investor protection and how to improve balance through new institutions.

Many governments have expressed concerns about the uncertainty linked to the perceived inconsistency of treaty interpretation in Investor-State dispute settlement. This working paper looks at how governments can take action to improve the interpretation of investment treaties through consideration of the potential role of State-to-State dispute settlement in this area.

“I am deeply saddened to learn about the tragic deaths of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan, members of the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On behalf of my Organisation, I wish to convey our condolences to their families and colleagues from the UN and beyond, who had the pleasure of working with them."

Paris, 12 March 2018 - The fourth annual OECD Investment Treaty Conference addressed treaty shopping -- a controversial investment treaty issue of policy interest for many governments and stakeholders -- and explored tools to help interested governments improve their investment treaty policies.

Portugal recorded 1126 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Portugal reported 27406 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Portugal Coronavirus Deaths.

Angola recorded 2 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Angola reported 43 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Angola Coronavirus Deaths.

"It is estimated that air pollution from diesel-fuelled road transport kills 10 times more people each year in France than those who die in road accidents": OECD Insights Blog's post by Simon Upton, head of the OECD Environment Directorate, founder and Chair of the Round Table on Sustainable Development, and former New Zealand environment minister.

Earlier detection and better treatment for cancer would cut death rates from the disease by around a third, saving the lives of nearly a million people in the developed world every year, according to a new report by the OECD prepared with the support of the European Commission, building on earlier World Health Organisation research.

Air pollution is costing advanced economies plus China and India an estimated USD 3.5 trillion a year in premature deaths and ill health and the costs will rise without government action to limit vehicle emissions, a new OECD report says.

Rising levels of obesity and diabetes around the world could halt a trend of decreasing mortality rates for cardiovascular diseases, such as strokes and heart attacks, and even cause rates to start rising again, particularly among younger people, according to a new OECD report.

In the ten years since the introduction of Seguro Popular, some 50 million Mexicans previously at risk of unaffordable health care bills now have access to health insurance. The OECD Review of Health Systems: Mexico 2016 finds that the share of the population exposed to unaffordable or impoverishing health care costs has fallen from 3.3% to 0.8% of the population in the past decade.

Outdoor air pollution could cause 6 to 9 million premature deaths a year by 2060 and cost 1% of global GDP – around USD 2.6 trillion annually – as a result of sick days, medical bills and reduced agricultural output, unless action is taken, according to a new OECD report.

Slower growth in key markets like China and India is reducing momentum across the Australian economy, cutting into employment opportunities and putting more pressure on the government to ensure that public policy delivers optimal results for growth and job creation.

This publication highlights new evidence on policies to support job creation, bringing together the latest research on labour market, entrepreneurship and local economic development policy to help governments support job creation in the recovery. It also includes a set of country pages featuring, among other things, new data on skills supply and demand at the level of smaller OECD regions (TL3).

Ukraine recorded 376 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Ukraine reported 14710 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Ukraine Coronavirus Deaths.

This publication highlights new evidence on policies to support job creation, bringing together the latest research on labour market, entrepreneurship and local economic development policy to help governments support job creation in the recovery. It also includes a set of country pages featuring, among other things, new data on skills supply and demand at the level of smaller OECD regions (TL3).

To improve productivity and help address socio-economic challenges, such as ageing, Japan needs to strengthen its innovation performance.

Japan’s agriculture sector has traditionally been characterised by small-scale rice production, but has recently begun to respond to new market opportunities for higher value food products across a rapidly growing East Asia. Today, rice represents less than 20% of the value of agriculture production, and larger, more productive, and more profitable farm businesses now account for more than half of total agriculture output.

Fossil-fuel subsidies are environmentally harmful, costly, and distortive. After a 3 years downward trend between 2013 and 2016, government support for fossil fuel production and use has risen again, in a threat to efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and the transition to cleaner and cheaper energy.

Luxembourg recorded 100 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Luxembourg reported 3871 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Luxembourg Coronavirus Deaths.

Exports of Raw Hides Skins Leather & Furskins in South Africa decreased to 218.71 ZAR Million in March from 236.74 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Exports of Raw Hides Skins Leather & Furskins in South Africa averaged 323.27 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 452.29 ZAR Million in February of 2015 and a record low of 162.35 ZAR Million in January of 2019. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Exports of Raw Hides Skins Leather & Furskins.

Imports of Raw Hides Skins Leather & Furskins in South Africa decreased to 158.46 ZAR Million in March from 271.24 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Imports of Raw Hides Skins Leather & Furskins in South Africa averaged 328.80 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 477.07 ZAR Million in October of 2018 and a record low of 158.46 ZAR Million in March of 2020. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Imports of Raw Hides Skins Leather & Furskins.

Imports of Leather Products CMLV in South Africa increased to 779.36 ZAR Million in March from 620.88 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Imports of Leather Products CMLV in South Africa averaged 2027.98 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 4195.12 ZAR Million in December of 2015 and a record low of 327.48 ZAR Million in January of 2018. South Africa accounts for Imports of Leather Products using cumulative values for each year (CMLV). This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Imports of Leather Products CMLV.

South Africa recorded 178 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, South Africa reported 8895 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Coronavirus Deaths.

Myanmar recorded 6 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Myanmar reported 177 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Myanmar Coronavirus Deaths.

Andorra recorded 47 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Andorra reported 752 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Andorra Coronavirus Deaths.

This publication highlights new evidence on policies to support job creation, bringing together the latest research on labour market, entrepreneurship and local economic development policy to help governments support job creation in the recovery. It also includes a set of country pages featuring, among other things, new data on skills supply and demand at the level of smaller OECD regions (TL3).

Uruguay recorded 18 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Uruguay reported 694 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Uruguay Coronavirus Deaths.

Morocco recorded 186 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Morocco reported 5873 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Morocco Coronavirus Deaths.

The greatest puzzle today is that since the global crisis financial markets see so little risk, with asset prices rising everywhere in response to zero interest rates and quantitative easing, while companies that invest in the real economy appear see so much more risk. What can be happening?

The current low interest rate environment poses a significant risk for the long-term financial viability of pension funds and insurance companies, as they seek to generate sufficient returns to meet promises, according to a new OECD report.

This stocktaking report profiles the tax treatment of funded private pension plans across all OECD and EU countries. The information refers to 2015 or the latest year with available data and covers all types of funded private pension plans in each country.

Nepal did not report any Coronavirus Deaths so far, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This page includes a chart with historical data for Nepal Coronavirus Deaths.

Rwanda did not report any Coronavirus Deaths so far, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This page includes a chart with historical data for Rwanda Coronavirus Deaths.

This publication highlights new evidence on policies to support job creation, bringing together the latest research on labour market, entrepreneurship and local economic development policy to help governments support job creation in the recovery. It also includes a set of country pages featuring, among other things, new data on skills supply and demand at the level of smaller OECD regions (TL3).