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16-April-2019

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Evaluating Latvia's Active Labour Market Policies

This report on Latvia is the fifth country study published in a series of reports looking into how policies connect people with jobs. It focuses on Latvia's long-term unemployed and those at risk of long-term unemployment. The report analyses linked administrative microdata to evaluate quantitatively the impact of activation policies elaborated in Latvia’s Inclusive Employment Strategy 2015-2020. More specifically, it assesses the effectiveness of training measures, employment subsidies and a programme promoting regional mobility. This report derives policy lessons from the empirical results to help the Latvian authorities adjust the activation strategies and measures in order to strengthen labour market participation of the unemployed and improve their labour market outcomes, helping them move into more productive and better quality jobs.

11-April-2019

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Taxing Wages: Key findings for Latvia

The tax wedge for the average single worker in Latvia decreased by 0.6 percentage points from 42.9 in 2017 to 42.3 in 2018. The OECD average tax wedge in 2018 was 36.1 (2017, 36.2).

11-April-2019

English

Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Latvia

Latvia, a member of the European Union since 2004, is a small, dynamic and open economy that has successfully transitioned from central planning to a market economy. The reforms undertaken have driven progress, although from generally low levels and at a slower pace in agriculture than for the economy as a whole. This report examines the conditions under which farms and businesses in the food and agriculture sector in Latvia undertake innovation to become more productive and environmentally sustainable. It identifies opportunities as well as challenges that need to be addressed. These include economy wide skills shortage, emigration and population decline and urban concentration of population and services. At the sectoral level, these include the use of agricultural payments to support a large number of non-commercial farms and the high level of unpaid farm labour. To meet these challenges, agricultural innovation can be harnessed to improve the sector’s productivity, as well as the sustainability and efficiency of the food system. This report provides a series of recommendations that should allow agricultural policies to contribute to a well-functioning innovation system that can meet the challenges that lie ahead.

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Inovācijas, lauksaimniecības produktivitāte un ilgtspējība Latvijā

4-December-2018

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Good jobs for all in a changing world of work: The new OECD Jobs Strategy – Key findings for Latvia

The digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes are transforming labour markets at a time when policy makers are also struggling with slow productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality. The new OECD Jobs Strategy provides a comprehensive framework and policy recommendations to help countries address these challenges.

22-November-2018

English

Country Health Profiles 2017

The Country Health Profiles are an important step in the European Commission’s two-year State of Health in the EU cycle and are the result of joint work between the OECD and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The concise, policy relevant profiles are based on a transparent, consistent methodology, using both quantitative and qualitative data, yet flexibly adapted to the context of each EU Member State.

31-July-2018

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Latvia Policy Brief: Leveraging the opportunities of digitalisation in Latvia

Fully reaping the opportunities of digitalisation is essential to sustain productivity growth and improve living standards in Latvia.

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Latvia Policy Brief: Digitalizācijas iespēju izmantošana Latvijā

31-July-2018

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Latvia Policy Brief - Re-invigorating labour productivity growth in Latvia

Better access to education and affordable housing would help strengthen the skills of the workforce, increase labour mobility and reduce skills matches.

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Latvia Policy Brief: Jauni stimuli darba ražīguma pieaugumam Latvijā

31-July-2018

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Latvia policy Brief: Strengthening the formation and upgrading of skills in Latvia

Educational attainment has improved, but educational outcomes still need to be enhanced.

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Latvia Policy Brief: Prasmju veidošanas un uzlabošanas nostiprināšana Latvijā

6-July-2018

English

OECD Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice : Closing Remarks

My sincere thanks, once again, to you and the Government of Latvia for hosting this exchange of ideas and to Attorney General and Minister of Justice Schwartz for co-chairing this roundtable.

6-July-2018

English

OECD Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice: Launch of Latvia report

We hope this will be a useful tool to demonstrate best practice as the country shifts from a largely inward-looking approach to justice, focusing on the needs of justice systems and processes, towards a user-centered approach, putting the needs of citizens, communities and businesses at its heart.

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