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13-Feb-2007
Recycling only makes sense if it is economically attractive – and that means recycling markets must function properly. What kind of barriers and failures are recycling markets facing and how can they be overcome? This Policy Brief looks at how recycling markets have developed and what government can do to encourage continued growth in recycling and use of recycled materials.
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16-Jan-2007
Before a firm can compete in a market, it has to be able to enter it. Many markets have at least some impediments that make it more difficult for a firm to enter a market. This Policy Brief looks at the effects of entry barriers on competition and the issues they raise for policy makers.
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30-Jan-2007
The economy is experiencing a favourable period of robust growth, low unemployment and moderate underlying inflation. This largely reflects the effects of globalisation, of which Norway has been a prime beneficiary, supplying energy and other commodities at high prices and increasingly importing products from low-cost countries. A tradition of foreign trade openness, domestic competition, a good policy framework and sound macroeconomic management have meant that Norway was well prepared to take advantage of these international trends.
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30-Jan-2007
Cutting red tape is a priority on the political agenda. Businesses and citizens complain that they devote significant resources to filling out forms, applying for permits and licences, reporting business information, notifying changes, etc. This Policy Brief looks at the progress achieved and what more governments can do to make their administrative systems simpler and more efficient for all concerned.
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23-Jan-2007
Spain’s economy has managed a remarkable performance in terms of growth, employment and public finances over more than a decade. But these favourable developments are tempered by deterioration in several areas: high inflation differential harming competitiveness, and resulting low real interest rates entailing excessive domestic demand, which has been supported by ongoing rapid increases in household indebtedness and house prices. Looking ahead, productivity gains are still modest, risking a substantial weakening in output and per capita income growth in the coming years.
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23-Jan-2007
OECD Forum partner, Les Echos, publishes the first issue of an electronic newsletter on Public Governance (in French).
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04-Jan-2007
After several false starts, the economic recovery has taken hold. Activity was strong in 2006, firms and households are more confident about the future, business investment has picked up and unemployment has fallen below 8% for the first time since 2001.
How strong is the economic recovery? Is monetary union working well? Can it work better? How can monetary policy be improved? Is the fiscal situation improving? Have the changes to the SGP helped? What other fiscal reforms would help?
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29-Nov-2006
I. Can governments be trusted?
II. OECD Session at WTO Public Forum “What WTO For The 21st Century?”
III. The Africa Partnership Forum
IV. OECD Calendar of Recent and Upcoming Events with Civil Society
V. Publications
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27-Nov-2006
The Russian economy has been enjoying a period of robust growth, thanks largely to steadily rising terms of trade. The challenge confronting policy-makers is to facilitate Russia’s transition into a period of self-sustaining, investment- and innovation-led growth. This will require a sound macroeconomic policy framework to manage the economy’s adjustment to sustained high oil prices and a range of structural reforms aimed at creating better framework conditions for business.
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24-Nov-2006
Considerable progress has been made in recent years in achieving macroeconomic stability and restructuring the economy. Productivity has risen since the macroeconomic stabilisation of the mid-1990s and the implementation of a series of structural reforms. But Brazil’s GDP growth performance nevertheless needs to improve to close a widening income gap relative to the OECD area. Reaping the full benefits of stabilisation in terms of faster growth will require consolidating macroeconomic adjustment, boosting innovation in the business sector and stepping up formal labour utilisation.
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This Annual Report highlights some of the OECD's achievements in 2008 and describes how it is helping its member countries respond to new challenges ahead.
2008 Edition
An easy-to-read series to help understand the economic and social issues high on everyone's agenda, from economic growth to health, pensions, trade and development.
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