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Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Canada: A new OECD Health Working Paper

26-Jan-2007

The OECD has just released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project . The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada, in the context of the broader policy and market environment.

Too many workers leave the labour market through sickness and disability benefits, says OECD

07-Nov-2006

Norway, Poland and Switzerland should do more to reduce the number of people claiming sickness benefits and help more disabled people to get jobs, according to a new OECD report.

OECD and WHO survey of Switzerland’s health system

19-Oct-2006

Switzerland’s health system meets the important goals of good health outcomes and universal health coverage, but these successes come at a high financial cost. The OECD and the WHO, in a new report on the Swiss health system, praise the quality of the system and make recommendations to control its high spending.

Enhancing women’s market access and promoting pro-poor growth

14-Sep-2006

This "Hot Topic" paper prepared by the DAC Network on Poverty Reduction considers access to labour, financial, goods and service markets from a gender perspective. It is an extract from the publication “Promoting Pro-Poor Growth - Private Sector Development”.

Jobs and Incomes - The restated OECD Jobs Strategy - DELSA Newsletter N° 3

04-Sep-2006

The third issue of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Newsletter is now available. It focuses on the restated Jobs Strategy and on the challenge of increasing employment in OECD countries, the topic of a recent high-level policy forum.  It also reports on the first reviews of disability policies, and presents a new project to measure adult skills.

Paris Declaration commitments and implications for gender equality and women’s empowerment

25-Aug-2006

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, signed in March 2005, establishes global commitments for donor and partner countries. This report focuses on how to ensure that a gender perspective influences the manner in which key issues on aid effectiveness are framed.

Measures of Material Deprivation in OECD Countries (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 37)

04-Aug-2006

This paper identifies suitable survey questions that might be used in comparative analysis of the extent of material deprivation in OECD countries, and presents simple summary measures of its prevalence.

Why gender matters in infrastructure

30-Jun-2006

This report provides some suggestions on how gender equality issues can be incorporated into infrastructure projects in the energy, transport, water and irrigation sectors.
See also Why gender matters in infrastructure - presentation

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