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		      <description><![CDATA[Combating poverty and social exclusion remain high on the policy agenda in all countries within and outside the OECD. But fostering individual and social development requires more than that. A wide range of issues from employment, trade and labour standards, health, family, gender-equity to education and population ageing needs to be addressed.]]></description>
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		      <pubDate>Tue Oct 27 12:51:25 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Gurría calls for ‘new generation’ of statistics to reinforce public confidence in government  ]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has warned that unless a new generation of statistics is developed to measure social progress and well-being, people may lose confidence in institutions and in the capacity of governments to address their problems.  A media schedule and practical infomation for the World Forum in Busan is available here.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Making the most of income-support policies in a downturn]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The current downturn is severely testing the adequacy of unemployment benefit systems as the primary safety net for job-losers and their families. This section of chapter 1 of OECD Employment Outlook 2009 considers the scope and generosity of existing income-support policies and asks whether, and how, support measures should be adapted to deal with the challenges occasioned by a severe recession.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Spend early on children, says OECD ]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Governments should invest more money on children in the first six years of their lives to reduce social inequality and help all children, especially the most vulnerable, have happier lives, according to the OECD.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Sep 01 11:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD reveals evolving social trends in Asia-Pacific]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Society at a Glance - Asia/Pacific Edition 2009 shows that in terms of income inequality in Asia, China stands out with the poorest 10% sharing only 1.6% of national income, while the top 10% on the income scale own almost 35% of the country’s wealth. This special edition of Society at a Glance looks at social trends and policy developments in Asia-Pacific countries.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[The OECD Family database is LIVE]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Since 30 June 2009, the Family database (www.oecd.org/els/social/family/database) includes 52 indicators with cross-national information on family outcomes and policies as categorised under 4 broad headings: the structure of families, families and children, the labour market position of families, public policies for families and children, and child outcomes. If you would like to be informed when the database is updated regularly, please click here.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Crisis highlights the need for sweeping pension reforms, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Governments must continue reforms to ensure that public and private retirement income provision is socially as well as financially sustainable, according to the 2009 edition of the OECD’s biennial Pensions at a Glance.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Jun 23 11:45:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Society at a Glance reveals evolving social trends in OECD countries]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The French spend more time sleeping than anyone else in OECD countries. They also devote more time to eating than anyone else and nearly double that of Americans, Canadians or Mexicans. These are some of the insights into the differing ways in which OECD countries use that most fundamental of resources, time, in the latest edition of Society at a Glance. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon May 04 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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