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Senior budget official country reviews of budgeting systems

31-Mar-2011

The objective of senior budget official country reviews is to provide a comprehensive overview of the budget process in the country under examination, to evaluate national experiences in the light of international best practice and to provide specific policy recommendations.

Raising education outcomes in Switzerland

02-Feb-2011

Andrés Fuentes

Public spending per pupil on pre-primary education is low in international comparison whereas spending on tertiary academic education per graduate is among the highest in the OECD.

OECD Territorial Reviews: Switzerland 2011

21-Jan-2011

This review offers a comprehensive assessment of the country's New Regional Policy, implemented following the 2002 review. It finds that overall, regions in Switzerland are faring well but there is room for improvement in regional labour productivity growth.

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.

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 Switzerland

24-Nov-2010

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

Switzerland: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD

19-Nov-2010

 Biographical note of  Switzerland's Permanent Representative to the OECD.

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

OECD Ambassadors

04-Aug-2010

Photos and CVs of Ambassadors to the OECD on Flickr.

OECD International Migration Outlook 2010 - Country note for Switzerland

12-Jul-2010

This country note describes recent developments in migration movements and policies. Key statistics are presented in a standardised table.