Everything you need to know about Ireland’s economy
Mar 19, 2019 · Income inequality has fallen by 8% in recent years thanks to a big increase in the baseline national minimum wage two years ago. Ireland has also been doing well in promoting gender equality, coming ninth in the World Economic Forum Gender Gap Index ahead of France, Denmark, Germany and the UK. Ireland was ranked 24th out of 137 nations in the ...
These countries are paying people to move to the countryside
Apr 13, 2022 · This article was updated on 26 January 2023. Japan, Portugal, Ireland and Australia are some of the countries offering rural relocation incentives. In 2020, an Italian village with just 115 residents offered relocation grants of up to €8,000 a year for three years. COVID-19 and remote working has made rural relocation more possible – and ...
Gender gap: These are the world’s most gender-equal countries
Jul 12, 2022 · Ireland It closed the gap in the Educational Attainment subindex, and its overall Economic Participation score rose by 0.013 thanks to continued parity in women’s participation as professional and technical workers, and by a reduction of gender gaps in estimated earned income, wage equality, and the participation of legislators, senior ...
The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 5.0 | World Economic Forum
Other top performers are mostly European economies, such as Switzerland, Ireland, Portugal, Luxembourg and Denmark, as well as the UAE (9) and New Zealand (10). Top performers by income group are Mauritius (24) and Costa Rica (30) for upper middle-income countries, Mongolia (25) and Vietnam (26) for lower-middle income countries, and Sierra ...
Peter Sutherland, known as the 'father of globalisation', dies
Jan 8, 2018 · Peter Sutherland, the former Irish Attorney General, European Commissioner, and "father of globalisation" has died, age 71. Sutherland died in Dublin on Sunday morning, having been ill for some time. Born in Dublin in 1946, he became Ireland’s youngest Attorney General at the age of 35. He went on to become the youngest European Union ...
Over 50 heads of state attended Davos 2024. Here's what they had …
Jan 17, 2024 · In Davos, top public and private sector voices as well as leading civil society experts met to discuss how to effectively deal with security crises, such as the current situation in the Middle East, while at the same time mitigating the structural forces of fragmentation. The meeting was also attended by over 50 heads of states and government ...
Why are Iceland and Finland great places to be a woman? | World ...
Mar 31, 2021 · Finland, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Namibia, Rwanda, Lithuania, Ireland and Switzerland follow behind in the top 10. Overall, progress has stagnated, with widening gender gaps in political empowerment globally. At the current rate, it will take more than 136 years for women to be on an equal footing to men around the world.
Emissions reductions: The EU countries improving most | World …
Sep 18, 2023 · Analysis shows that if Ireland’s planned climate commitments and policies are fully implemented, it could produce a 29% reduction in emissions by 2030 compared to 2018 levels, far short of the 51% target stated in the country’s Climate Action Plan 2023. There are indications that agriculture, electricity, transport, industry and nearly all ...
Global Gender Gap Report 2022 - The World Economic Forum
Jul 13, 2022 · The Global Gender Gap in 2022 is 68.1% closed. The overall gender parity score rose from 67.9% in 2021 to 68.1% in 2022, considering the constant sample of 145 countries covered in both the 2021 and 2022 editions. Progress towards closing the gender gap has stalled in most countries. Only 30 of the 145 economies covered in both this edition and ...
New study shows 4-day working week to be a success - The World …
Jan 31, 2022 · Most of the companies that took part were in the United States and Ireland. Trials have also taken place in other parts of the world, but wider adoption is likely much further off. The study was run by a non-profit, 4 Day Week Global, in collaboration with researchers at 3 institutions - Boston College, University College Dublin and Cambridge ...