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10-March-2010
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This note is taken from Chapter 3 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2010.
18-January-2010
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This “Country Chapter” provides a detailed description of tax and benefit rules in the United kingdom in 2008 and a summary of policy trends.
18-January-2010
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This “Country Chapter” provides a detailed description of tax and benefit rules in the United kingdom in 2008 and a summary of policy trends.
1-September-2009
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Governments should invest more money on children in the first six years of their lives to reduce social inequality and help all children, especially the most vulnerable, have happier lives, according to the OECD’s first ever report on child well-being in its 30 member countries.
1-September-2009
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High public spending on child welfare and education in the UK is failing to produce results in many key areas. To give every child the chance of a better future, the government should continue to spend more on younger children and target spending on older children more effectively...
29-June-2009
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While the immediate imperative is to tackle the financial crisis and to steer the economy through the current downturn, there are also a number of longer-term challenges that need to be addressed to foster a robust and sustainable recovery. In particular assistance for young and low skilled workers needs to be enhanced and the performance of the education sector also needs to be improved.
4-May-2009
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Child poverty, age of mothers at first birth, obesity rates, teen drinking and youth with nothing to do, etc. Society at a Glance 2009 also provides a special chapter examines leisure time across the OECD.
7-April-2009
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Country Notes from OECD Economic Policy Reforms: Going for growth 2011 presenting OECD recommendations for structural reform priorities for individual countries.
21-October-2008
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This note presents key findings related to income inequality and poverty for the United Kingdom, with global trends among OECD countries.
4-March-2008
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This note, taken from Chapter 3 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2009, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2008 priorities for the United Kingdom.
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