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19-Mar-2007
Korea has made impressive progress in reforming its regulatory policies and institutions over the last few years but needs to keep up the pace of reform to ensure Korea’s long-term economic growth, according to a new OECD report.
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08-Mar-2007
The consequences of an ageing workforce are magnified in the public sector which has an older demographic profile than the private sector. How can pension reform help attract and retain capacity in the public service as large numbers of experienced public servants retire?
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23-Feb-2007
The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and private social expenditure, from 1980 to 2003 for 30 OECD countries. This version also includes for the first time estimates of net total social spending for 2003 for 24 OECD countries.
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23-Feb-2007
The last edition of Society at a Glance has been published in February 2007. This is a compendium of data comparable over time and across countries on issues ranging from income and employment to life expectancy and fertility, public spending on social welfare and health and indicators of ‘life satisfaction’.
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16-Feb-2007
Most OECD countries have made policies to reduce administrative burdens – cutting red tape – a political priority. Red tape is particularly burdensome to smaller companies and may inhibit entrepreneurship. These effects are more costly in global markets, where competitiveness can be affected by the efficiency of the domestic regulatory and administrative environment. But citizens and large firms also complain about unnecessary reporting requirements. Results are wanted.
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08-Feb-2007
This paper presents composite indicators of the institutional characteristics of primary and lower secondary educational systems for 26 OECD countries collated from a questionnaire. Economics Department working paper 543 by Frédéric Gonand, Isabelle Joumard and Robert Price.
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29-Jan-2007
This report, produced in collaboration by the OECD and the World Bank, addresses some of the key questions underlying the pension reform debate, and provides the basis for a new, consistent, approach to the empirical analysis of pension systems and entitlements around the world.
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23-Jan-2007
This chapter addresses the challenge that the adjustment to sustained high oil prices poses for macroeconomic management, particularly with respect to competitiveness and inflation. Economics Department Working Paper 537 by Christian Gianella.
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15-Jan-2007
The OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 6, Number 2 (2006) contains selected case studies and papers based on presentations at the annual CABRI budget reform seminars in 2004 and 2005. One of the aims of the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative is to contribute to a common African resource base for African officials on public financial management in Africa. Co-operation between CABRI and the OECD network of Senior Budget Officials draws on contributions by the SBO at the CABRI seminars and through insights on how a senior budget officials network can operate.
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11-Sep-2006
Conflict of interest has become a key issue in public debate worldwide in recent years, not just in the private sector but also increasingly in the public sector.
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