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Frontier firms, technology diffusion and public policy: Micro evidence from OECD countries

This paper analyses the characteristics of firms that operate at the global productivity frontier and their relationship with other firms in the economy, focusing on the diffusion of global productivity gains and the policies that faciliate it.

Institutions to promote pro-productivity policies: logic and lessons

In order to promote productivity, and thus boost living standards in the long run, public policies need to focus on improving incentives, capabilities and flexibility within an economy.

Launch of the OECD Economic Outlook, November 2015

Global growth prospects have dimmed again. Since the crisis, we have become used to a familiar pattern: spring-time optimism followed by downgrades in growth forecasts as the year progresses. 2015 is no different.

Le ralentissement des marchés émergents et la contraction des échanges assombrissent les perspectives mondiales

Un nouveau ralentissement brutal dans les économies émergentes et les échanges internationaux a affaibli la croissance mondiale, qui s’établit à 2.9 % environ cette année, bien en deçà de sa moyenne à long terme, et fait peser des incertitudes sur les perspectives à court terme, selon l’OCDE.

New World Forum 2015 Keynote Address

When we met a year ago, I underscored that the global economy was still struggling to find a path to a confident recovery and stronger growth, six years after the onset of the crisis. Unfortunately, one year later the picture is not any better, and we are growing accustomed to talking about “secular stagnation” as the “new normal”. What can we do to reverse this?

Brazil faces critical moment to put economy back on track

Brazil has made remarkable social and economic progress in the past two decades, but must now overcome important challenges if it is to put its economy on a stronger, fairer, greener growth trajectory, according to two new reports from the OECD.

Launch of the 2015 Economic Survey of Brazil

25 million people have been lifted out of poverty in only a decade. Bucking the trends in most OECD countries, inequality has been coming down, albeit from high levels, as the incomes of the poorest 10% have increased at three times the rate of the richest 10% since 2003.

Études économiques de l'OCDE : Lettonie 2015

Les opportunités et défis d'une croissance plus verte : trouver la bonne formule

Le changement climatique et, plus généralement, les atteintes à l’environnement entraînent des coûts économiques et sanitaires quantifiables qui pèsent sur la croissance et le bien-être à long terme. Si rien n’est fait, le changement climatique pourrait faire baisser le PIB mondial de 0,7 % à 2,5 % d'ici 2060, avec des disparités suivant les régions.

La montée des inégalités frappe lourdement les enfants, selon le rapport Comment va la vie ? de l'OCDE

D’après un nouveau rapport de l'OCDE, les enfants figurent parmi les principales victimes de la montée actuelle des inégalités.