Taxation, Innovation and the Environment

By putting a price on pollution, do environmentally related taxes spur innovation? What types of innovation result? Does the design of the tax play a critical role? What is the effect of this innovation? This publication also explores the use of environmentally related taxes in OECD countries.&l

OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Israel

Government support to Israeli farmers has fallen but some market distorting policies remain. This assessment of Israel's agricultural policy also looks at the environmental performance of Israeli agriculture, including water resource management.

The influence of regulation and economic policy in the water sector on the level of technology innovation in the sector and its contribution to the environment: The case of the State of Israel

The paper discusses the impacts of policies applied over the last decades in the water sector in Israel on technological innovation and on the environment.

Economic Survey of Israel 2009

Recovery from the downturn is underway in Israel, helped by a broadly appropriate policy response. However, economic challenges remain for fiscal policy, education, employment levels, poverty reduction and the business environment.

Economic Survey of Israel 2009: How to move ahead in education reform

Israel’s education system produces many tertiary graduates but there are wide gaps across society and core skills at secondary school are weak.

Economic Survey of Israel 2009: Selected policies affecting the business environment

Israel is supporting its business sector and promoting competition in similar ways to many OECD countries, but there is room for improvement.

Review of Recent Developments and Progress in Labour Market and Social Policy in Israel - Slow Progress Towards a More Inclusive Society

This review of Israeli labour market and social policy finds that Israel has enjoyed strong economic growth over the last decade but the benefits of this are being distributed unevenly.

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Economic Survey of Israel 2009: Economic developments and policy challenges

Israel has an impressive high-tech sector, low inflation and has weathered the downturn well but faces profound fiscal and socio-economic challenges.

Economic Survey of Israel 2009: Policy options for reducing poverty and raising employment rates

Despite some best-practice policies, challenges remain in raising employment and lowering poverty, particularly among Arab-Israeli and Ultra-orthodox households.

Economic Survey of Israel 2009: Assessing the macroeconomic policy framework

Monetary policy and inflation prospects are broadly sound in Israel, but significant challenges remain for fiscal policy in reducing public debt.