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Economic Survey of Belgium 201112-Jul-2011 Belgium weathered the crisis well. Nevertheless, with public debt at 97% of GDP, a sustained effort to restore fiscal sustainability is needed. To boost subdued potential growth, reforms to increase employment are required while more reliance on environmental taxation should secure greener growt Also available: |
Launch of the Economic Survey of Belgium: The Three challenges for policy making in Belgium12-Jul-2011 The road ahead will not be easy, though: financial market concerns about sovereign debt are extending to a growing number of countries and now they threaten to include Belgium. Thus fiscal sustainability ... Also available: |
Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2011: Belgium30-Jun-2011 Health spending accounted for 10.9% of GDP in Belgium in 2009, around 1.4 percentage points higher than the OECD average of 9.5%. Related documents: |
Note pour la Base de données de l'OCDE sur la santé 2011 : Belgique30-Jun-2011 Les dépenses de santé représentaient en Belgique 10.9% du PIB en 2009, soit 1.4 point de pourcentage de plus que la moyenne des pays de l’OCDE (9.5%). Related documents: |
Education: Korea tops new OECD PISA survey of digital literacy28-Jun-2011 Korea tops a new OECD PISA survey that tests how 15-year olds use computers and the Internet to learn. The next best performers were New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Hong-Kong China and Iceland. Also available: |
Government at a Glance 2011: Information by country24-Jun-2011 These country notes contain over 50 indicators which compare the political and institutional frameworks of national governments as well as revenues and expenditures, employment, and compensation. They include a description of government policies on integrity, e-government and open government. |
Country Mutual Agreement Procedure Statistics 2006-201007-Jun-2011 Starting in 2006, the OECD has compiled annual statistics on the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) caseloads of all its member countries and of non-OECD economies that agree to provide such statistics. MAP statistics for 2006-2010 are now available. Also available: |
TAX: Countries continue to move towards better tax transparency01-Jun-2011 The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has issued peer review reports on Hungary, France, the Isle of Man, Italy, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States. Also available: |
Who’s busiest: working hours and household chores across OECD12-Apr-2011 Mexicans work longer days than anyone else in OECD countries while Belgians work the least. These are among the insights in latest Society at a Glance, which gives an overview of social trends and policy developments in OECD countries. Also available: |