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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology capable of tasks that typically require human-like intelligence, such as understanding language, recognising patterns, and making decisions. AI holds the potential to address complex challenges from enhancing education and improving health care, to driving scientific innovation and climate action. But AI systems also pose risks to privacy, safety, security, and human autonomy. Effective governance is essential to ensure AI development and deployment are safe, secure and trustworthy, with policies and regulation that foster innovation and competition.

Critical minerals have become central to economic security as they are essential to energy and digital transitions, defence and advanced manufacturing. With global demand for these minerals rising sharply, unlocking investment and strengthening partnerships between producer and consumer countries will be key to build diversified and reliable supply chains, reduce vulnerabilities from market concentration, and boost local economic development.

The world of work is changing rapidly as a result of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), the emergence of new forms of work, as well as greening, demographic change and globalisation. There is an urgent need for policies that allow countries, firms and individuals to benefit from these changes, while also addressing the risks.

Global value chains (GVCs) account for about 70% of international trade, as services, raw materials, parts, and components cross borders – often multiple times. As the trend toward cross-border supply chains increases, new challenges are emerging around sustainability, efficiency, and resilience. This growing complexity calls for policies that take a whole-of-chain approach to supply chain management and global trade.

The OECD's work on investment supports governments in attracting more and better-quality investment, prioritising sustainability, while caring about security. The OECD aims to equip governments with the tools to attract more capital into productive sectors and generating positive social and environmental outcomes. This approach contributes to building resilient, inclusive, and prosperous economies globally.

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) helps policymakers identify trends, strengths and weaknesses in education systems.