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News & Events
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05-Nov-2009
The Danish economy has been hard hit during the global crisis. Substantial measures have been taken to combat its effects. Going forward, the main challenges include restoring fiscal sustainability, raising productivity growth and improving education outcomes.
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04-Nov-2009
Suite à une sévère contraction économique, les principaux enjeux pour rééquilibrer l’économie sont d’améliorer la compétitivité extérieure, rétablir la santé du système financier, la consolidation budgétaire et d’éviter un taux de chômage élevé à long terme.
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04-Nov-2009
Following the severe contraction of the economy, the main economic challenges in rebalancing the economy include raising competitiveness, restoring the financial system to health, fiscal consolidation and avoiding high long-term unemployment.
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03-Nov-2009
This paper discusses the policy imperatives in the short term, in the face of the ongoing economic crisis, and reforms that could be implemented over the longer term to improve the efficiency and resilience of the financial system and raise Russia’s potential growth rate.
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29-Oct-2009
The collapse in world trade volumes at the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009 was exceptional by historical standards. This paper shows that world demand (to which trade has become more responsive in recent decades) can explain most of the collapse in world trade, but that tight credit conditions have likely amplified the short-term trade response.
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Events
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on 24-Sep-2009
The Economics Department organised a seminar on 24 September 2009 to discuss the drivers of economic growth in the Enhanced Engagement countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa), as well as the policy challenges these countries will need to face for sustaining growth in the longer term.
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on 05-Oct-2009
Why are some policy reforms implemented while others languish? This seminar has been organised to present and discuss a major new OECD report that aims to answer this important question by looking backwards - at 20 structural reform efforts in 10 OECD countries, during the past two decades. This seminar will take place at OECD Headquarters.
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on 18-Sep-2009
As world leaders head into serious discussions in the coming weeks about how to address climate change, new OECD work will inform some of the most contentious issues of the debate – those related to the costs involved.
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on 18-Sep-2009
The Conference aimed to bring together high level experts, government decision-makers and representatives from civil society to discuss how climate change mitigation and adaptation can best be tackled in an economically efficient manner, including by ensuring sufficient incentives for participation by all.
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from 01-Dec-2008 to 12-Dec-2008
The impact of climate change on our environment, our economies and our security is the defining issue of our era. OECD is at the forefront of climate change analysis, promoting environmentally and economically rational policies related to adaptation, mitigation, technology, financing and development. The OECD was present in several ways at the UN Climate Change Conference.
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from 18-Nov-2008 to 19-Nov-2008
Innovation is crucial to long-term economic growth. Making innovation-driven growth happen requires action on a wide range of policy areas, from education and science and technology to product and labour markets and trade. OECD and the World Bank are joining forces to work more closely on innovation, particularly insofar as this issue is a crucial factor in the success of development policy, notably in middle income market economies.
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on 15-Jul-2008
During his official visit, Angel Gurría met with the President of the Republic of South Africa and other government officials. He also held a press conference for the release of the first’s OECD Economic Assessment of South Africa.
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on 25-Jun-2008
The OECD’s latest economic survey of Portugal, to be published on Wednesday 25 June 2008, looks at how growth can be boosted and made more sustainable by strengthening public finances, enhancing the business environment and improving the efficiency of the labour market.
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on 17-Mar-2008
A joint OECD/International Monetary Fund conference on the reforms needed to boost jobs and productivity in Europe will be held on Monday 17 March 2008.
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Top of page
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Latest Economic Outlook
An Interim Economic Assessement for the OECD countries, released on 3 September 2009, is also available.
Economic Outlook n°85
Economic Survey of Denmark 2009
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Video interview of Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate
Snapshot of OECD indicators
More about the project on Measuring the Progress of Societies