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OECD societies are ageing and this will profoundly influence the social and economic environment. To better understand the future challenges, recent work has focussed on the likely fiscal and macroeconomic effects, both across member countries as well as part of the regular OECD Country Surveys.
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02-Feb-2010
With the help of massive government stimulus action, China is now leading the world economy out of recession, according to a new OECD report. Already the world’s second largest economy, China could well overtake the United States to become the leading producer of manufactured goods in the next five to seven years, it says.
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03-Feb-2010
China’s population is set to age fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. With ongoing migration of the younger cohorts to urban areas the increase in the old-age dependency ratio will be even more pronounced in rural than in urban areas.
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03-Feb-2010
Overall, health outcomes in China have improved tremendously over the past three decades, especially thanks to the reduction in some traditional infectious diseases.
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