NEWS | How to unlock rural innovation?
The OECD has recently published a report, the first of a series focusing on enhancing rural innovation, to unlock the innovative potential of rural places and face the global slowdown in productivity.
NEWS | Digitalisation for a speedy recovery in rural areas
In a recently published blog article by the OECD Forum Network, the authors looked at how a new perspective might help rural areas secure a post-pandemic recovery. The pandemic has surely shocked the world and has had a tremendous impact, especially in rural areas. But rural communities come [...]
NEWS | Rural digitalisation: a policy response priority to COVID-19
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recently published a policy note on the implications of coronavirus crisis for rural development. The document outlines digitalisation as one of the responses adopted in many member countries to help rural communities and businesses cope and adapt to this [...]
ARTICLE | Digitalisation – Improving policy while transforming agriculture
A recent report by the OECD, Digital Opportunities for Better Agricultural Policies, considers how digital technologies can be used to support agricultural policies, focusing on the different stages of the policy cycle, with a particular emphasis on policies to improve agriculture.