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Reducing inequality while boosting economic growth is possible, says OECD

23-Jan-2012

New OECD research – part of the wider Going for Growth structural reform programme -  demonstrates how labour market reforms, tax and transfer systems, and  high-quality education can yield a double dividend: boosting GDP while reducing income inequality.

Economy: Structural reforms offer best lever for boosting growth and jobs, says OECD

07-Apr-2011

Governments must reform the underlying structure of their economies to boost economic growth and create jobs, according to the OECD’s latest Going for Growth report.

G20: International standards on structural policies key to emerging from crisis

25-Sep-2009

Welcoming the adoption of the Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth by G20 leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said new sources of jobs and growth needed for the global economy to effect a sustained recovery, will only emerge if the right structural policies are adopted by the world’s leading global economies.

Governments must maintain reforms for long-term growth during crisis, says OECD

03-Mar-2009

The current crisis offers governments the opportunity of combining emergency action with the important structural reforms needed to improve long-term growth and resilience in their economies, according to OECD’s latest Going for Growth.

Economic survey of Norway 2007: Encouraging innovation

02-Feb-2007

Norway is entering the fourth year of a long cyclical upturn that has brought down unemployment, without so far rekindling inflation. However, fiscal and monetary policies need to tighten faster to minimise risks of overheating. Other challenges include reforming pensions to improve fiscal sustainability, boosting labour supply by reforming long term sickness and disability schemes and improving policies to encourage innovation to sustain the rise in the country’s prosperity.
 


Events

OECD & Ifo / CESifo Conference on Regulation

from 29-Jan-2010 to 30-Jan-2010

The OECD Economics Department, the department of International Institutional Comparisons of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, and CESifo will organize a joint workshop in Munich on market regulations, with a special focus on product market regulations. The conference is intended to encourage further research in the area of market regulations, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation in these fields.

OECD-IMF Conference on Structural Reform in Europe

on 17-Mar-2008

What reforms are needed to boost jobs and productivity in Europe and how can they be implemented?  Presentations tackling these and other questions discussed at a joint OECD-IMF conference on 17 March 2008 are now available. They include keynote speeches by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.



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