An analysis of productivity performance in Spain before and during the crisis: Exploring the role of institutions

The Spanish economy experienced significantly weaker labour productivity growth than other OECD economies and failed to catch up with the most advanced economies in the period 1996-2007. In recent years labour productivity growth has accelerated, but this recovery is likely to be due to cyclical and temporary factors.

The OECD and G20 Structural Reform Commitments

On the request of the G20, the OECD, in co-operation with other international organisations, provides technical analysis to help evaluate the appropriateness of the reforms nominated by countries, and the progress towards implementing those reforms.

Pursuing strong, sustainable and balanced growth: A note on implementation of G20 structural reform commitments

This note describes the structural reform commitments undertaken by G20 countries as part of the MAP and assesses their implementation. In addition, the framework offered by OECD‟s Going for Growth is used to highlight areas where additional structural reform commitments may enhance strong, sustainable and balanced growth.

Boosting jobs and living standards in G20 countries

Almost four years since the onset of the global financial and economic crisis, unemployment and underemployment remain stubbornly high in many G20 countries, and many workers remain trapped in low-paid, often informal, jobs with little social protection.

Sustaining Korea’s convergence to the highest-income countries

While Korea remains one of the fastest-growing OECD economies, its potential growth rate per capita is projected to decelerate from around 4% during the current decade to around 2¼ per cent during the 2030s.

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• Economic Survey of Korea 2012

Economics Department Policy Notes

These series of Policy Notes and Policy Papers are designed to make available, to a wider readership, selected studies which the Department has prepared for use within OECD.

Meeting of National Economic Research Organisations, OECD Headquarters, 18 June 2012

Meeting of National Economic Research Organisations, OECD Headquarters, 18 June 2012

Design policies to ensure growth is socially inclusive, says OECD-World Bank report

Economic policy should be better designed to bring about more inclusive growth, ensuring that the benefits of increased prosperity are shared more evenly across society, according to a new report from the OECD and the World Bank.

Promoting inclusive growth: Challenges and policies

How to design appropriate policies to strengthen growth and make it inclusive and sustainable over time? The policy issues highlighted in this volume - financial development,social policies, innovation, regulation and political economy issues - are relevant to all countries.

Reducing poverty in Chile: cash transfers and better jobs

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax-benefit system does little to improve on this.

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• Economic Survey of Chile 2012 - Overview