Financing the unfinished business of gender equality and women's rights: priorities for the post-2015 framework

This technical paper analyses investments by OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors in six policy areas that are priorities for the post-2015 development agenda because of their catalytic impact on achieving gender equality and women’s rights. It is intended for representatives from donor agencies, partner governments and civil society.

Online discussion “Data Gaps on Gender Equality” from Monday 27 January until 14 February

The discussion will be focusing on a different theme for data gaps as follows: the socio-economic empowerment of women, violence against women and the civic and political participation of women.

Fairly sharing the social impact of the crisis in Greece

Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has mitigated the burden sharing of fiscal adjustment, as the recession has deepened unemployment has risen, earnings have declined and social tensions have increased.

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• Economic Survey of Greece 2013

Dividing the pie in Brazil: income distribution, social policies and the new middle class

Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role, the latter notably through the successful "Bolsa Familia" programme.

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• Economic Survey of Brazil 2013

OECD Family database

The OECD Family Database provides cross-national indicators on the situation of families and children, including structure of families, labour market position, public policies, child outcomes, child well-being module.

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• OECD Gender Initiative
• Overview of Gender Differences in OECD Countries
• Doing Better for Children
• Babies and Bosses - Reconciling Work and Family Life: A Synthesis of Findings for OECD Countries
• Starting Strong III - A Quality Toolbox for Early Childhood Education and Care

Getting Irish youth on the job track

Irish youth was hit hard by the crisis. New labour-market policy initiatives have been introduced recently, but more will be needed to limit scarring effects and keep youth connected so that they can get back to work as soon as the recovery strengthens.

Informal employment in Russia: definitions, incidence, determinants and labour market segmentation

This paper takes stock of informal employment in Russia analysing its incidence and determinants. Using the regular 2003-11 waves and an informality supplement of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) it develops several measures of informal employment and demonstrates that the incidence varies widely across the different definitions.

OECD Action Plan for Youth

OECD Ministers agreed to take a comprehensive range of measures as set out in the OECD Action Plan for Youth, with two main objectives. The first objective is to tackle the current situation of high youth unemployment and underemployment. The second objective is to produce better outcomes for youth in the longer run

Seminar on migration and development with Professor Paul Collier

Discussion about the migration-development nexus and its implications for policy makers.

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• International conference on interrelations between public policies, migration and development
• Workshop on Strengthening the Migration-Development Nexus through Improved Policy and Institutional Coherence

Conference on interrelations between public policies, migration and development

The OECD Development Centre is carrying out a project, co-funded by the EU Thematic Programme on Migration and Asylum, on the Interrelations between public policies, migration and development of partner countries.

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• Workshop on Strengthening the Migration-Development Nexus through Improved Policy and Institutional Coherence
• Seminar on migration and development with Professor Paul Collier