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Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Davos on 22-26 January 2018

The Secretary-General will participate in several sessions of the programme on a wide range of policy issues. While in Davos, he will also hold bilateral meetings with Heads of State and Government and other Senior Officials from several countries attending the Forum, as well as CEOs from various companies.

Policy Paper: Reforming agricultural subsidies to support biodiversity in Switzerland - Country Study

This paper analyses the reform of Switzerland’s agricultural policy framework, which reoriented subsidies to better target policy objectives, including for biodiversity; and outlines the process involved in designing and implementing the reform as well as its environmental and socio-economic impacts. The country study draws on the 2017 OECD report The Political Economy of Biodiversity Policy Reform.

Boosting Disaster Prevention through Innovative Risk Governance - Insights from Austria, France and Switzerland

Pensions at a Glance 2017 - Key findings for Switzerland

Key findings for Switzerland from the report "Pensions at a Glance 2017"

Switzerland should do more to address threats to biodiversity

The OECD’s third Environmental Performance Review of Switzerland finds that despite being one of the greenest OECD countries in terms of energy supply, greenhouse gas emissions and domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, Switzerland urgently needs to address pressures on its biodiversity.

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Switzerland 2017

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - highlights by country

These notes present selected country highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 with a specific focus on digital trends among all themes covered.

How's life in Switzerland?

This note presents selected findings based on the set of well-being indicators published in How's Life? 2017.

Switzerland: Sustain high levels of well-being by boosting productivity growth

The Swiss economy has shown considerable resilience to shocks, but economic growth remains slow, and per capita income levels still hover at levels attained before the global economic crisis. Further reforms are needed to restore productivity growth, boost incomes and ensure that today’s high living standards and levels of well-being are passed on to future generations, according to a new report from the OECD.

Health at a Glance 2017: Key findings for Switzerland

Switzerland enjoys the joint second highest life expectancy at birth among OECD countries, achieved through a generously funded health system. Smoking and alcohol rates are slightly above the OECD average, but obesity rates are very low, with rates among adults only lower in Japan and Korea. While mandatory insurance is in place, high out-of-pocket spending impedes access to care.