Promoting Growth in All Regions

Is growth possible in all OECD regions? Evidence suggests that it is. This report argues that helping underdeveloped regions to catch up with more developed ones will have a positive impact on a country’s national growth overall, and that such growth helps to build a fairer society, in which no region’s citizens are left behind.

Germany and the Euro Area: Addressing the Competitiveness Challenge - OECD report presented to German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel

Restoring competitiveness is one of the key challenges to bring European economies back on a path of strong, sustainable and balanced growth. Europe could improve its growth prospects by implementing a strategic reform agenda with a broad range of policy reforms to increase productivity, dynamism and employment.

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• Meeting with Chancellor Merkel and Heads of International Organisations (Berlin, 30th - 31st October 2012)
• Better policies series

“Better Policies” series: Addressing the Competitiveness Challenges in Germany and the Euro Area - October 2012

The current crisis and deteriorating growth prospects in many countries make a competiveness enhancing reform agenda a conditio sine qua non to kick-off the European economy.

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• Better policies series

Livestock Diseases: Prevention, Control and Compensation Schemes

This overview of the management of risk due to livestock diseases focuses on government policies relating to livestock health systems and compensation scheme designs, and includes case studies of Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands and Viet Nam.

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• Risk management in agriculture

Briefing note for the OECD Employment Outlook 2013: Germany

Germany’s labour market continues to perform well in comparison with other major developed economies.

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Briefing note for the OECD Employment Outlook 2012: Germany

The German labour market recovered very quickly from the 2008-09 economic crisis and unemployment continued its long-run structural decline in 2010 and 2011.

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Germany 2012

This is the third review of Germany's environmental performance. It analyses the country's progress in achieving a range of national objectives and international commitments, and presents 29 recommendations on how its performance could be improved.

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• OECD-Umweltprüfberichte: Deutschland 2012

List of Economic Surveys of Germany

List of Economic Surveys - Germany

Economic Survey of Germany 2012

Potential growth in Germany is low and is set to fall further due to ageing. Policy should focus on raising labour input and productivity growth through structural reforms. Implementing cost-effective climate change mitigation policies and fostering eco innovation would also contribute to growth

The Role of Institutional Investors in Promoting Good Corporate Governance

This publication examines the role of institutional investors in promoting good corporate governance and reviews Australia, Chile and Germany in more detail.