Among the positions with more than a 90% chance of becoming automated are administrative assistant, office clerk, bookkeeper and cashier - all fields dominated by women.

Kate Ryan · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 18 Mar 2019

Education, Gender and Work

This is what people find distracting at work

From noisy coworkers to browsing social media, these are the most common distractions in the workplace.

Sarah Feldman · Statista 18 Mar 2019

Fragility, Violence and Conflict

Is a toxic political environment allowing hate to flourish?

In light of the events in Christchurch, New Zealand, Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisations, explores the link between t...

Greg Barton · The Conversation 18 Mar 2019

Inclusive Growth Framework

What Italian board reform tells us about the gender gap

Mandated gender quotas in Italy have been successful at increasing the number of women on boards. But the relevant law is temporary and affects only a small number of firms. The column us...

Andrea Weber and Agata Maida · VoxEU 18 Mar 2019

Inclusive Growth Framework

Vienna has the world's best quality of living

They’re the engines of the global economy and home to more than half the world’s population. But city life can differ greatly from one metropolis to another.

Sean Fleming 14 Mar 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Mind the (gender) gap: why we should stand together on inclusion

How can we create a world where differences are respected and honoured to the extent that they really don’t matter? We may need to stop dividing our efforts, writes Beth Bovis.

Beth Bovis 13 Mar 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Global economic growth forecasts cut again by OECD

The OECD has cut forecasts again for the global economy in 2019 and 2020, following on from previous downgrades in November.

Fabian Bimmer · Reuters 07 Mar 2019

Global Economic Imbalances

GDP needs an upgrade. Here's why

After 8 decades as the premier measure of economic success, there appears to be a widespread consensus that GDP is no longer fit for purpose in the modern world.

Diane Coyle · Project Syndicate 21 Feb 2019

Inclusive Growth Framework

The association between job-finding expectations and success

Job-finding rates are lower for those who have been unemployed longer in the US, but the long-term unemployed are still optimistic about their prospects.

Morgan Foy · NBER Digest 18 Feb 2019

Inclusive Growth Framework

A decade after the global crisis, puzzles and challenges still remain in the international monetary system

While some improvements have occurred in the wake of the Global Crisis, the international monetary system still is rife with puzzles and challenges write the authors.

Linda Goldberg, Livio Stracca, Paola Donati, Roland Beck, and Ozge Akinci · VoxEU 15 Feb 2019

Cities and Urbanization

Star Trek's formula for the civilization of the future

What can we learn from Star Trek in our approach to the UN Sustainability Goals?

Sylvie Albert · The Conversation 14 Feb 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

This is what 2019 could hold for the global economy

Nouriel Roubini looks at what could happen to the global economy in 2019.

Nouriel Roubini · Project Syndicate 12 Feb 2019

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