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Key findings from the OECD’s Economic Survey of Sweden and Economic Challenges Facing Swedish Economy

20-Jan-2011

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his remarks for the launch of the Economic Survey of Sweden, Angel Gurría said that 'Sweden is recovering quickly and robustly from the crisis (...) in large part thanks to the sound macroeconomic and structural policies Sweden has pursued over the past couple of decades.'

Official visit of the Secretary-General to Sweden (Stockholm, 19-20 January 2011)

19-Jan-2011

During his mission to Stockholm, Angel Gurría presented the latest Economic Survey of Sweden and met with government officials to discuss a range of key policy issues.

The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children

09-Dec-2010

The OECD is currently proceeding to country studies on the labour market intergration of immigrants and their children. 

Regulatory Reform in OECD Countries: Reports by Country

08-Dec-2010

The unique OECD peer review process has helped improve public policy. It assesses how countries manage the design, adoption and enforcement of regulations according to a conceptual framework. It ensures comparability while taking account of institutional and cultural differences across countries.

Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education (England, Poland and Sweden)

07-Dec-2010

This volume combines an analysis of PISA with a description of the policies and practices of those education systems that are close to the top or advancing rapidly, in order to offer insights for policy from their reform trajectories.

Dispute Resolution: Country Mutual Agreement Procedure Statistics for 2008 and 2009

25-Nov-2010

As part of its ongoing work on the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) under tax treaties, the OECD makes available to the public annual statistics on the MAP caseloads of member countries and of certain non-OECD economies. MAP statistics have now been released for 2008 and 2009.

Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers - Key findings and challenges for Sweden

24-Nov-2010

This country note highlights key findings and challenges for Sweden from the synthesis on Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers.

Taxation, Innovation and the Environment

13-Oct-2010

By putting a price on pollution, do environmentally related taxes spur innovation? What types of innovation result? Does the design of the tax play a critical role? What is the effect of this innovation? This publication also explores the use of environmentally related taxes in OECD countries.&l

Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat - Sweden Key Facts

23-Sep-2010

OECD Health Division

Obesity rates in Sweden are low relative to most OECD countries. One person in 10 is obese in Sweden, but over 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women are overweight.

OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes - Country Background Report for Sweden

01-Sep-2010

This report was prepared by the Ministry of Education and Research as an input to the OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes. The document was prepared in response to guidelines the OECD provided to all countries.