The Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Mari Kiviniemi, today urged to do everything to address the “concerns of those that have suffered unemployment” by “creating more inclusive societies where the benefits of growth are more equally shared”.
Ms Kiviniemi, a former parliamentarian herself, shared with the Assembly fundamental insight on the global economic outlook and 2016’s main challenges, on the basis of the Organisation’s progress report.
Pinpointing “the decline in productivity growth” and the “rise of inequalities in wealth, well-being and opportunities”, she added that “any effort to raise productivity cannot ignore the imperative of safeguarding our planet, or our duty to strive towards better functioning, more equitable societies”. (more...)