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		      <title>Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs</title>
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		      <description><![CDATA[High unemployment, exclusion and poverty tear at the fabric of society and can unravel economies.
 
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		      <pubDate>Mon Dec 12 09:59:09 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Employment: mental health issues rising in workplace, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Mental illness is a growing problem in society and is increasingly affecting productivity and well-being in the workplace, according to the new OECD report Sick on the Job? Myths and Realities about Mental Health at Work. It says that one in five workers suffer from a mental illness, such as depression or anxiety, and many are struggling to cope.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Governments must tackle record gap between rich and poor, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over half a century, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Dec 05 11:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Health: medical care improving but better prevention and management of chronic diseases needed to cut costs, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The quality of medical care for chronic conditions is improving in OECD countries, with higher survival rates for life-threatening diseases, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Nov 23 11:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Unfinished business: Investing in youth employment]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/3610/]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[The economic outlook has weakened significantly over the past six months, which is not good news for employment or the prospects of those looking for work. But action targeted on youth and the long-term unemployed can, and must, be taken.  An article by John P. Martin, Director, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Nov 17 00:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Growing Free Labour Mobility Areas and Trends in International Migration (Brussels, 14-15 November 2011)]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This Conference was jointly organised by the European Commission and the OECD.  John P. Martin, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD makes his opening and closing remarks. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Nov 17 00:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Health: Switzerland’s health system is high-performing but must prepare for the future]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Swiss residents currently enjoy easy access to a wide range of health care services and a vast array of choice in insurers and health care providers.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Oct 17 14:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Employment, Migration and Social Policy Newsletter October-November]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.oecd.org/document/45/0,3746,en_2649_33729_47478893_1_1_1_1,00.html?rssChId=33729]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[Read the new issue of the Employment, Migration and Social Policy Newsletter; all the country notes of our recent publications and the G20 Labour Ministerial, news on ongoing and upcoming projects, calendar of meetings and more .]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Sep 28 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial, 26-27 September]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[G20 Labour and Employment ministers will meet in Paris on 26 and 27 September to discuss how to boost job creation and tackle unemployment rates that remain stubbornly high, especially in OECD countries.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Joint OECD-World Bank Meeting on the institutionalisation of National Health Accounts]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[With the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and in collaboration with development partners, the World Bank has been coordinating a global initiative to improve resource tracking for better health outcomes and greater health systems accountability through institutionalisation of National Health Accounts. The preparatory phase of this global initiative culminates with a high-level meeting in Paris on 6-7th October 2011.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Feb 15 12:24:08 CET 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Tourisme Médical : Traitements, Marchés et Implications pour les Systèmes de Santé]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Bien que le tourisme médical soit très médiatisé, rares sont les informations concrètes sur l'étendue de la fourniture de services de soins de santé transfrontaliers. Cette étude de l’OCDE identifie les principaux enjeux liés à l'expansion de ce nouveau marché.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Sep 20 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Statistics: OECD unemployment rate remains stable at 8.2% in December 2011 but national rates continue to diverge]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate, unchanged at 8.2% December 2011, continued to show the stability seen throughout 2011. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Feb 14 00:00:00 CET 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Statistics: OECD unemployment rate remains stable at 8.2% in December 2011 but national rates continue to diverge]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate, unchanged at 8.2% December 2011, continued to show the stability seen throughout 2011. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Feb 14 00:00:00 CET 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Health: spending continues to outpace economic growth in most OECD countries ]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Health spending continues rising faster than economic growth in most OECD countries, maintaining a trend observed since the 1970s. Health spending reached 9.5% of GDP on average in 2009, the most recent year for which figures are available, up from 8.8% in 2008, according to OECD Health Data 2011.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Jun 30 15:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Signature of Memorandum of Understanding between the OECD and the ILO]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[By signing the Memorandum, OECD and ILO commit to deliver a multidimensional and coherent policy advice, to promote the cross-pollination of our assessments, ideas and solutions to ensure better jobs for better lives.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu May 26 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD Social Ministerial Meeting and Policy Forum - Building a Fairer Future: the Role for Social Policy]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Ministers discussed the following issues: Social policies for the recovery, Doing Better for Families and Future of intergenerational solidarity. Prior to the social ministerial meeting, a Policy Forum on Tackling Inequality was held on the morning of 2 May 2011 to discuss the trend of high and increasing income inequality in many OECD countries and emerging economies and the way forward to a better sharing of the benefits of globalisation.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri May 06 09:31:43 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Society : Safeguard social support for poorest families, says OECD’s Gurría ]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Poverty in households with children is rising in nearly all OECD countries. Governments should ensure that family support policies protect the most vulnerable, according to the OECD’s first-ever report on family well-being.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Apr 27 11:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Who’s busiest: working hours and household chores across OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Mexicans work longer days than anyone else in OECD countries, devoting 10 hours to paid and unpaid work, such as cleaning or cooking at home. Belgians work the least, at 7 hours, compared to an OECD average of 8 hours a day.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Apr 12 11:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Cooking, Caring and Volunteering: Unpaid Work Around the World]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This paper sheds light on the importance of unpaid work across the OECD. The calculations suggest that between one-third and half of all valuable economic activity is not accounted for in the traditional measures of well-being, such as GDP per capita. In all countries, women do more unpaid work than men, although to some degree balanced by the fact that they do less market work.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Mar 04 00:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Short-time work schemes had an economically important impact on preserving jobs during the downturn.]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This new working paper analyses the impact of short-time work (STW) schemes during the crisis. The STW schemes had an impact on preserving jobs during the downturn, but the benefits were limited to workers on permanent contracts. This had the adverse effect of increasing the split in the job market between people with regular jobs and those with temporary and part-time jobs.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Jan 24 00:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2010]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This first edition of Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, and health care expenditure and financing across 27 Asia/Pacific countries.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Dec 20 00:00:00 CET 2010</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Invest in youth to tackle jobs crisis, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The global economy is recovering but youth unemployment is getting worse, according to a new OECD  report. Off to a Good Start? Jobs for Youth  says that young people are more than twice as likely to be unemployed as the average worker. Yet few governments are taking proactive steps to boost youth employment.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Dec 15 11:00:00 CET 2010</pubDate>
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