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Finland is the happiest country in the world for the seventh year in a row: The World Happiness Report released its annual ranking of the happiest countries in ...
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Finland is the happiest country in the world for the seventh year in a row
Quick Glance: New Report: Kenya Ranks 114th in Happiness Index
  • For the seventh consecutive year, Finland has secured the title of the world's happiest country, with Kenya ranking 114th out of a total of 143 countries. Conversely, Afghanistan finds itself at the bottom of the ranking as the unhappiest nation.

  • The latest findings were unveiled on March 20, 2024, coinciding with the International Day of Happiness.

  • This annual report relies on six key factors, encompassing social support, income, health, freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption. The economic dimension serves as a pivotal gauge for happiness levels across different nations.

  • Attaining happiness is contingent on various elements like career progression and tackling specific challenges. The United Nations advocates for a harmonized economic growth strategy that fosters happiness and well-being for all.
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A new report has ranked New Zealand students among the worst-behaved in the OECD — and it's getting worse.
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Europe finalises rules for more recycling, less waste exports: On Monday, the Council of the EU unanimously voted to adopt the revised Waste Shipment Regulation ...
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Europe finalises rules for more recycling, less waste exports
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More women are getting onto corporate boards. Good: Our annual measure of the role and influence of women in the workforce
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More women are getting onto corporate boards. Good
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Where is housing most expensive in Europe and how much are people willing to spend?
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Where is housing most expensive in Europe and how much are people willing ...
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Where is housing most expensive in Europe?: New data shows where living is most expensive in Europe - and how much money people spend on a roof over their heads ...
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Where is housing most expensive in Europe?
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Which crimes are on the rise in Switzerland?: Switzerland has a low crime rate and is deemed safer than many other European countries. But the latest statistics ...
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Which crimes are on the rise in Switzerland?
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Industrial policy: OECD country association recommends restraint in Switzerland: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) advises ...
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Industrial policy: OECD country association recommends restraint in ...
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Building a more equal society: Two weeks ago, while waiting in a conference room for a taping of a TV show, I struck up a conversation with two women ...
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Building a more equal society
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The countries with the best work-life balance: In which country can you combine work and leisure particularly well? Two ranking lists want to provide information ...
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The countries with the best work-life balance
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For Global Tax Reform, the Devil Is in the Details | by Jayati Ghosh - Project Syndicate
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For Global Tax Reform, the Devil Is in the Details | by Jayati Ghosh - ...
Quick Glance: Tax Filing 2023: Key Information
  • The IRS hired over 7,000 taxpayer service representatives and plans to hire 6,500 more

  • A free IRS filing service for taxpayers is being developed

  • Massachusetts and New Hampshire are testing the free filing project 'Direct File'

  • Helpful answers to questions about filing taxes for 2023
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OECD recommends higher retirement age and higher CO2 tax for Switzerland: In the latest report on Swiss economic policy, the experts from the OECD industrialized ...
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OECD recommends higher retirement age and higher CO2 tax for Switzerland
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Japan vows to push 'offer-based' development aid in annual paper - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan pledged to promote
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Japan vows to push 'offer-based' development aid in annual paper - The ...
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Oil production rises 26.57m bpd in February — OPEC: The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries said crude oil production increased by 203 ...
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Oil production rises 26.57m bpd in February — OPEC
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OECD recommends Romania first tackle inflation and then boost budget revenues: Romania should keep a tight monetary policy until the inflation is clearly on ...
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OECD recommends Romania first tackle inflation and then boost budget ...
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OECD warning on government bond debt and other economic stories to read Top economy stories: OECD warns government bond debt will rise in 2024; Germany's ... Show more
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Japanese Embassies Worldwide Offer Consultation Services To Counter Coercion; Kamikawa: AI an ‘Existential Threat to Humanity’
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Japanese Embassies Worldwide Offer Consultation Services To Counter ...
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Foreseeing the potential economic growth risks for this year - Academia - The Jakarta Post
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Foreseeing the potential economic growth risks for this year - Academia - ...
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Explainer: Why South Korean doctors and the government remain at odds over walkout?
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Quick Glance: South Korea Suspends Licenses of Striking Doctors
  • South Korea's government initiated steps to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors who failed to end their joint walkouts, causing significant disruptions in hospital operations.

  • Around 9,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for two weeks, protesting against a government proposal to increase medical school admissions sharply, resulting in numerous canceled surgeries and threats to the country's healthcare system.

  • Officials conducted checks at hospitals to confirm the absence of striking doctors as the government proceeded with license suspensions, giving the doctors a chance to respond before implementation.

  • The government reiterated its call for the doctors to cease their walkouts and return to patient care, emphasizing the critical importance of prioritizing patient well-being during the ongoing strike.
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States are more indebted than ever before: States and companies have bond debts equal to global economic output. 40 percent of all government bonds will mature ...
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States are more indebted than ever before
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No country for babies: South Korea is slowly dying out: The number of births in South Korea has fallen to a new record low. The state is investing billions in ...
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No country for babies: South Korea is slowly dying out
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Immigrant skilled workers: Paralyzing bureaucracy and hope for the future: Highly qualified people abroad are looking at prospects in Germany ...
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Immigrant skilled workers: Paralyzing bureaucracy and hope for the future
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Karine Perset helps governments understand AI: TechCrunch has launched a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI ...
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Karine Perset helps governments understand AI
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Britain slides into recession, dragging down Sunak’s election hopes: The Conservative Party has dominated politics for decades with a reputation for economic ...
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Britain slides into recession, dragging down Sunak’s election hopes
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Drought: Mexico City is running out of water: The capital's residents are increasingly having to make do without a central water supply ...
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Drought: Mexico City is running out of water
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How Europe can dodge a birth rate hard landing: For Emmanuel Macron, more babies are vital to maintain France's national vigour. Italy's Georgia Meloni has made ...
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How Europe can dodge a birth rate hard landing
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Gender Pay Gap in Romania: Gender Pay Gap in Romania: Men Earn 21.6% More than Women, shows the latest PwC survey. Where are the biggest wage gaps?
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Gender Pay Gap in Romania
Quick Glance: International Women's Day: History and Significance
  • International Women's Day celebrated on 8 March for over a century.

  • Originated from demands for better working conditions and voting rights in the labor movement.

  • Clara Zetkin and the UN played key roles in global recognition of the day.

  • Global celebrations and themes, emphasizing inclusion and gender equality importance.
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OECD: Lockdown has set back productivity by perhaps 40 years: The impact of school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic on children's education may have set ...
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OECD: Lockdown has set back productivity by perhaps 40 years
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OECD decision to grant talks for accession to Indonesia opens new chapter in history - Economy - The Jakarta Post
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OECD decision to grant talks for accession to Indonesia opens new chapter ...
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Lockdown may have set productivity back 40 years, says OECD: The impact of lockdowns on children's education during the Covid-19 pandemic may have set back ...
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Lockdown may have set productivity back 40 years, says OECD
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Study shows what foreign skilled workers think about Germany: What do skilled workers want when they move to Germany from abroad? And what are your experiences ...
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Study shows what foreign skilled workers think about Germany
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Our glass-ceiling index measures the role and influence of women in the workforce. Explore each indicator and country in more depth here: econ.st/4c30ej8 #InspireInclusion #IWD2024
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From tourism to energy, Senegal braces for fallout | kuwaittimes: From tourism to energy, Senegal braces for fallout - Business - PARIS: Senegal’s hotels have ...
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From tourism to energy, Senegal braces for fallout | kuwaittimes
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OECD Education Director Schleicher leads the Pisa study - and takes a look at the teachers in Germany: They are well paid, but teach less than the average ... Show more
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Japan 3rd-worst work environment for women of 29 OECD states: The Economist - The Mainichi
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Japan 3rd-worst work environment for women of 29 OECD states: The ...
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Italy on the right track despite record-breaking public debt, says OECD expert: Italy’s record public debt – one of the highest debt-to-GDP ratios in the world – ...
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Italy on the right track despite record-breaking public debt ...
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Korean adults' financial literacy higher than OECD average: survey : Korean adults' financial literacy is higher than the Organization for Economic ...
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Korean adults' financial literacy higher than OECD average: survey
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UK Launches Consultation on Implementing OECD Crypto Reporting Framework: The U.K. government believes implementing the reporting framework could draw in £35 ...
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UK Launches Consultation on Implementing OECD Crypto Reporting Framework
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Economic growth: OECD halves growth forecast for Germany: The German economy is expected to grow far less rapidly in 2024 than that of other industrialized ...
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Economic growth: OECD halves growth forecast for Germany
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What Saudi Arabia’s ‘regional headquarters’ rules require businesses to do : Businesses that want to sign up will need to closely track ‘eligible activities’
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What Saudi Arabia’s ‘regional headquarters’ rules require businesses to do ...
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EDITORIAL: S Korean strikes a wake-up call: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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EDITORIAL: S Korean strikes a wake-up call
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West must take care in moving toward China's approach to aid: Yunnan Chen is a research fellow at London-based global affairs think tank ODI.In recent years ...
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West must take care in moving toward China's approach to aid
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Skilled immigration: Invisible hurdles on the way to Germany: Germany is looking for skilled workers and removing legal obstacles. Which still sometimes keeps ...
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Skilled immigration: Invisible hurdles on the way to Germany
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OECD warns of urgent need to tackle disinformation: A new OECD report has found that there is an urgent need to take stock of anti-disinformation policies in ...
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OECD warns of urgent need to tackle disinformation
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How the gender pay gap in the UK compares to other nations: There is no country in the world where there is pay parity between men and women
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How the gender pay gap in the UK compares to other nations
Quick Glance: Revealed: Women’s Retailers in Pay Disparity
  • The gender pay gaps of Australian businesses with 100 or more employees have been publicly disclosed.

  • Some of the companies with the largest gaps are women’s retailers.

  • City Chic, Forever New, Pandora, and Valleygirl are among the businesses with significant gender pay disparities.

  • The disclosure of gender pay gaps is a result of amendments to the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
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Yearly working hours for Koreans fall by 200, but remain far longer than OECD average
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Yearly working hours for Koreans fall by 200, but remain far longer than ...
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The migrant boost: How immigrants to Australia are lifting wages: Amid a growing debate about Australia’s population and migrant intake, four new research papers ...
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The migrant boost: How immigrants to Australia are lifting wages
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As concerns grow over China’s economy to start the Year of the Dragon, worse may be ahead
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As concerns grow over China’s economy to start the Year of the Dragon ...
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Cooperation on Energy: Stabilize Markets by Supporting India’s IEA Membership: The International Energy Agency (IEA), whose members are major energy consumers — ...
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Cooperation on Energy: Stabilize Markets by Supporting India’s IEA ...
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OECD forecast: Germany will soon no longer be the third largest economy in the world
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Romania’s budget planning and execution have improved, OECD concludes: Romania received the first (of a total of 26) formal opinion in the process of joining the ...
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Romania’s budget planning and execution have improved, OECD concludes
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Does Italy really offer the perfect work-life balance?: With plenty of public holidays, hour-long lunch breaks and busy 'aperitivo' hours ...
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Does Italy really offer the perfect work-life balance?
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Romania's labor market overview: Population is aging, fewer and fewer active young people on the labor market, and the demand for highly qualified labor ...
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Romania's labor market overview
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Indonesia's OECD bid enters next stage: 5 things to know: JAKARTA -- Indonesia's aspiration to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
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Indonesia's OECD bid enters next stage: 5 things to know
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Global house prices rebound as economists predict turning point : Across the 37 industrialised OECD countries, nominal house prices grew 2.1% in the third ...
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Global house prices rebound as economists predict turning point
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High childcare costs in the US hurt women in the workforce: The average US couple with two children spends over 30% of their wages on childcare ...
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High childcare costs in the US hurt women in the workforce
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Racism and discrimination are a relevant problem for immigrant professionals: bitly.ws/3bAp7
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Puzzle of Kenya’s expensive IMF, World Bank loans: Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o has flagged the cost of concessional loans taken up by the government.
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Puzzle of Kenya’s expensive IMF, World Bank loans