Benefits and Wages: Korea 2009 - Tax-benefit country chapter

This “Country Chapter” provides a detailed description of tax and benefit rules in Korea in 2008 and a summary of policy trends.

Benefits and Wages: Korea 2008 - Tax-benefit country chapter

This “Country Chapter” provides a detailed description of tax and benefit rules in Korea in 2008 and a summary of policy trends.

OECD Health at a Glance 2009: key findings for Korea

Korea spent 6.8% of GDP on health, less than the OECD average of 8.9%. Spending per person has grown significantly over the past decade, but remains lower than average. The public sector provides slightly more than half of all health funding.

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The OECD Employment Outlook 2009 indicates that Korea’s unemployment rate may have peaked in June at 4.0%, since the July rate was slightly lower at 3.8%. The June rate represented a 1 percentage-point increase from its most recent trough in September 2008.

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Key findings for Korea include life satisfaction, divorce, GDP per capita, social spending, old-age replacement rates and voting.

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Performance Budgeting in Korea

Korea is in the initial stages of implementing performance-based budgeting. The system was introduced as part of a comprehensive fiscal reform package in the late 1990s. This article discusses the background, framework and implementation of performance budgeting and its impact in the budget process.

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This publication assesses the current status of Korea’s innovation system and policies, and identifies where and how the government should focus its efforts to improve the country’s innovation capabilities.

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Aid for Trade at a Glance 2009 - Korea Dem. Rep.

The Aid for Trade at a Glance 2009: Maintaining Momentum report presents the results of the second monitoring exercise of the Aid for Trade Initiative and documents its success so far.

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