Spain: OECD's Gurría welcomes draft debt deficit law

The OECD’s welcomes the announcement by the Spanish government last Friday August 26th about having agreed with the opposition parties in Parliament to enshrine a set of deficit limits in the Constitution.

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• ESPAÑA : El Secretario general de la OCDE da la bienvenida al proyecto de reforma constitucional para fijar un límite máximo de déficit presupuestario
• ESPAÑA : El Secretario general de la OCDE da la bienvenida al proyecto de reforma constitucional para fijar un límite máximo de déficit presupuestario

Education: Korea tops new OECD PISA survey of digital literacy

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.

Spain: OECD’s Gurría welcomes pension reform plan

OECD Secretary- General Angel Gurría has welcomed the pension reform plan announced by the Spanish government.

OECD supports the Spanish government’s pension reform proposal

The Spanish government announced on Friday, 29 January, its intention of postponing the retirement age from 65 to 67 and to increase the number of contribution years used to calculate pension benefits. The OECD believes that these measures are important steps in the right direction and would bring Spain closer in line with other OECD countries who have already reformed their pension systems.

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• La OCDE apoya la reciente propuesta gubernamental para reformar el sistema de pensiones
• La OCDE apoya la reciente propuesta gubernamental para reformar el sistema de pensiones

La OCDE apoya la reciente propuesta gubernamental para reformar el sistema de pensiones

El gobierno español anunció el viernes pasado su intención de elevar la edad oficial de jubilación de 65 a 67 años, y de aumentar el numero de años necesario para calcular la pensión. La OCDE considera muy positivas dichas medidas.

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• OECD supports the Spanish government’s pension reform proposal
• OECD supports the Spanish government’s pension reform proposal

Keep doors open to migrant workers to meet long-term labour needs, says OECD

The economic crisis is likely to cause the first major fall in the number of migrants coming to work in OECD countries since the 1980s, according to a new OECD report.

Schools must do more to motivate tomorrow’s scientists, OECD study shows

Across OECD countries, close to 40% of high-school students who come top in science subjects have no interest in pursuing a science-related career, while almost 45% do not want to continue studying science, according to a new OECD report.

Spain must accelerate the pace of tertiary education reform, says OECD

In some respects, Spain has joined the ranks of countries with a modern, responsive and creative system of tertiary education. But the tertiary system must accelerate the pace of reform to respond to the social and economic pressures facing Spain.