21-September-2016
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Entrepreneurs traditionally play a crucial role in creating jobs and boosting growth, but new company creation and small business activity stalled during the global economic crisis. What has happened since is one of many topics to be covered in Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2016, the OECD’s annual assessment of entrepreneurial activity in key countries worldwide.
21-September-2016
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Instability since the Arab Spring has battered economies and thrown up new economic and social challenges across the Middle East and North Africa. Decisive action is needed in MENA countries to restore foreign investment and trade, unlock economic potential, create jobs for a growing population, rebuilt trust in governments and address regional inequality.
21-September-2016
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Latvia has successfully consolidated its hospital sector and strengthened primary care since the financial crisis. But persistent barriers to accessing high quality care need to be removed, according to a new OECD report.
21-September-2016
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Weak trade growth and financial distortions are exacerbating slow global economic growth, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook.
20-September-2016
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The Presidents of France and South Africa today called for urgent investments globally to create new jobs in the health sector in order to prevent a projected shortfall of 18 million health workers primarily in low- and lower-middle-income countries, and help countries to maximize the social and economic benefits of increased health employment.
19-September-2016
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OECD countries need to address the growing anti-immigration backlash and reinforce migration and integration policies while fostering international cooperation in this area, according to a new OECD report.
16-September-2016
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OECD Chief Economist Catherine L. Mann will present the near-term prospects for the global economy on Wednesday 21 September at 11:00 a.m. (CET).
15-September-2016
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Growth in OECD Unit Labour Costs picks up to 0.5% in the second quarter of 2016
15-September-2016
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OECD countries must step up their efforts to improve the quality and equity of their education systems as part of their commitments to meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for education by 2030, according to a new OECD report.
14-September-2016
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The International Migration Outlook 2016 will be published at 11.00 a.m. Paris time/9.00 a.m. GMT on Monday 19 September.