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The OECD monitors the patterns of economic growth in Member countries on a regular basis. This involves the assessment of output and productivity growth trends and the analysis of the effects on these trends of changes in institutional and policy settings. Bookmark this page: www.oecd.org/eco/structural/growth

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OECD Economic Survey of Turkey

17-Jul-2008

Turkey should adopt tougher fiscal rules and reform its labour market to boost its economic performance, according to this new OECD report.

OECD Economic Assessment of South Africa

15-Jul-2008

Prudent macroeconomic policies have driven South Africa’s impressive economic performance over the past decade, but huge problems remain, notably in tackling  unemployment. Policies to strengthen competition and improve education would raise living standards both by helping to realise South Africa’s employment potential and by boosting long-term productivity growth.

Taxation and Economic Growth

10-Jul-2008

This paper investigates the design of tax structures to promote economic growth, focusing on how taxes affect growth, and recognises that practical tax reform requires a balance between the aims of efficiency, equity, simplicity and revenue raising.

Regulation, allocative efficiency and productivity in OECD countries: industry and firm-level evidence

13-Jun-2008

This paper relates diverging productivity performances across OECD countries over the past fifteen years to differences in the stringency of regulations in the product market.

OECD Outlook sees weak growth and inflation remaining high

04-Jun-2008

Growth is weakening and inflation is likely to remain high across most OECD countries, according to the Economic Outlook. US activity will stay flat through 2008 while the Euro area economy growth will be restrained by tighter credit and lower export market growth. 
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