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Water pollution found to exceed drinking-standard limits in many OECD farming areas

16-Jun-2008

Pollution of rivers, lakes, and aquifers exceeds recommended limits for drinking water in farming areas in many OECD countries, according to a new OECD report.

Economic Survey of Canada

11-Jun-2008

Canada’s economic performance has been among the best in the OECD as a sound policy framework has enabled the country to take advantage of strong global growth and soaring terms of trade. The economy has adapted well to recent shocks, as labour and capital have shifted rapidly from manufacturing towards the resource and service sectors, with strong net job increases.

Economic Survey of Poland

11-Jun-2008

How to make the recent growth performance more sustainable? How to achieve a better macro-economic policy mix? How to raise work incentives and economic efficiency? How best to stimulate the supply of affordable housing in major cities? How to improve transport infrastructure rapidly?

Canada’s youth labour market outperforms most OECD countries but a small group is left behind

11-Jun-2008

The recent performance of the youth labour market in Canada is very good compared with most other OECD countries, according to the just-released OECD report on Jobs for Youth: Canada.

Chair's summary of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, Paris, 4 – 5 June 2008

05-Jun-2008

France chaired the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting 2008, which focused on the theme: Outreach, Reform and the Economics of Climate Change.

OECD Economic Survey of Finland

03-Jun-2008

The Finnish economy has been performing well but risks are mounting. Imbalances are building in the labour market and the wage negotiation framework needs to be overhauled. There is scope for improvement in the municipal sector as well as in tertiary education, and the tax mix could be made more efficient.

OECD and YouTube launch “Future of the Internet” initiative

29-May-2008

“How can the Internet make the world a better place?” This is the question OECD is asking the public on YouTube, the leading online video community, at www.youtube.com/futureinternet.

OECD and FAO see agricultural commodity prices remaining high and growing more volatile

29-May-2008

Agricultural commodity prices should ease from their recent record peaks but over the next 10 years they are expected to average well above the mean of the past decade, according to the latest Agricultural Outlook from OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

Brazil must strengthen governance to sustain long-term economic growth, says OECD

28-May-2008

Brazil should strengthen its institutions and improve the regulations for key sectors, such as electricity, telecommunications and transport, in order to boost its economic growth and the quality and value of core services to its citizens, according to a new OECD report.

OECD Steel Committee says market remains strong, despite risks to global economy

23-May-2008

The world steel market remains strong in spite of heightened risks to the global economy, according to industry and government officials at the OECD’s Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 22-23 May 2008.




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