Better Skills. Better Jobs. Better Lives. The OECD Skills Strategy

The OECD Skills Strategy provides an integrated, cross-government strategic framework to help countries understand more about how to invest in skills in a way that will transform lives and drive economies.

Ministerial Council Meeting 2012 - Chair’s summary

At the close of the OECD’s annual Ministerial Council Meeting, governments from 40 countries called upon the OECD to study "New Approaches to Economic Challenges" which could help them recover from the economic crisis, promote inclusive growth and create jobs.

New Sources of Growth: Knowledge-based Capital - Interim Project Findings - C-MIN(2012)12-REV1

Investment and growth in OECD economies are increasingly driven by knowledge-based capital (KBC). In many OECD countries, firms now invest as much or more in KBC as they do in physical capital such as machinery, equipment and buildings.

Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship

This report from the OECD Gender Initiative is designed to inform, share policy experiences and good practices, and help governments promote gender equality in education, employment and entrepreneurship.

New Approaches to Economic Challenges

The Secretary-General proposes to develop a reflection process on “New Approaches to Economic Challenges” at the OECD. The aim is to respond tothe call by several countries for such a reflection, to learn the lessons from the crisis and derive its policy implications, and to build a more solid path for economic growth and well-being.

Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level 2012

More than 60 ministers from OECD and partner countries will meet at the OECD’s annual Ministerial Council Meeting to decide new approaches to the social and economic challenges necessary to achieve durable and inclusive growth.

OECD Forum 2012

As governments and international organisations grapple with an increasingly turbulent economic climate and rising frustration and disquiet among citizens, they require fresh thinking and inspiring ideas. In developing strategies to restore long-term economic growth and employment, policy-makers must ensure that they respond to public demands for a fairer and more inclusive society. The challenge for this year's Forum is clear: how can

Better Life Initiative: Your Better Life Index

The Better Life Index allows citizens to compare well-being across 34 countries based on 11 dimensions in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life: housing; income; jobs; community; education; environment; governance; health; life satisfaction; safety; work-life balance.

Restoring public finances

NEW: Structural policies can reduce financial fragility

Policies for a revitalisation of Japan

Japan has several major strengths it can draw upon but major reforms are needed on several fronts. A keystone of the Revitalisation strategy is tax reform, not only to boost revenues but also to support growth and make it greener and more inclusive.

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