A New Economic Cycle, New Balance

Our approaches so far have left too many people behind, detached from the “necessary tools” or the “right connections” to raise their incomes and develop their full capabilities. It is time to turn around this logic. It is time to see economics as a tool to improve people’s lives, said OECD Secretary-General.

Closing the Gender Gap - country note: Canada

Women have the edge in educational attainment, but their labour market outcomes still lag behind.

Unleashing business innovation in Canada

This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk taking and innovation, including macro stability, openness, strong human capital, low corporate tax rates, low barriers to firm entry and flexible labour markets.

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• Economic Survey of Canada 2012

Regulatory Policy: Canada

This page provides access to the review on regulatory reform carried out in Canada in 2002 as well as to the latest developments on regulatory policy and governance in Canada.

Canada: Tertiary education: developing skills for innovation and l-t growth

The tertiary education system in Canada performs well in fostering a skilled workforce with generally good labour market outcomes and is internationally recognised for its research contributions.

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• Economic Survey of Canada 2012

Education at a Glance 2012: Country Notes - Canada

Canada ranks first among OECD countries in the proportion of adults with a college (tertiary-type 5B) education (24%) and ranks 8th in the proportion of adults with a university (tertiary-type 5A) education (26%).

Livestock Diseases: Prevention, Control and Compensation Schemes

This overview of the management of risk due to livestock diseases focuses on government policies relating to livestock health systems and compensation scheme designs, and includes case studies of Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands and Viet Nam.

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Briefing note for the OECD Employment Outlook 2012: Canada

The recovery of the Canadian labour market is well under way. The unemployment rate (ILO definition) fell by more than one percentage point to 7.2% in June 2012, since peaking at 8.5% in the third quarter of 2009.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2012: How Does Canada Compare

Health spending accounted for 11.4% of GDP in Canada in 2010, almost two percentage points higher than the OECD average of 9.5%.

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• OECD Health Data 2012

Canada’s development aid: focused and effective but should be more generous and efficient

The strengths of Canada’s development co-operation include its well-respected field presence in its partner countries and its good track record as a constructive partner within the development co-operation and humanitarian communities.