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What future for the family?

21-Dec-2011

Barrie Stevens

This blogpost offers some projections for the future of families and calls for strengthening the links among family-relevant aspects of different policy domains, such as care for children and the elderly, labour market, education, technology and housing.

G20 Leaders Summit: Preparatory L20 Meeting

02-Nov-2011

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

The jobs crisis has three particularly worrying aspects. First, the risk of unemployment becoming entrenched is more and more real in a number of G20 countries. Second, the crisis impacts disproportionately ...

Pre-G20 Event: Growing Economies through Women’s Entrepreneurship

31-Oct-2011

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

At this pre-G20 Event 'Growing Economies through Women’s Entrepreneurship', A. Gurría declared that 'Girls and women represent 3.3 billion ways to change this world. This is the lemma from this year’s G20 Girls Summit. It is also a powerful truth. We need to unleash this potential.'

Society: Spending for seniors to double or more by 2050, says OECD

18-May-2011

Spending on long-term care in OECD countries is set to double, even triple, by 2050, driven by ageing populations. Governments must act now, according to “Help Wanted”, a new OECD report.

Better policies for better lives: The OECD at 50 and beyond

03-May-2011

The OECD’s 50th Anniversary is an opportunity to reaffirm what we stand for and what we are about. After 50 years, our objective is and remains to help member and partner country’s governments to formulate and implement better policies for better lives.

OECD Roundtable on Sustainable Growth

10-Feb-2011

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

At this roundtable, M. Gurría concluded that the topic of fairness and intergenerational solidarity is an essential part of our responsibility today and will be essential for the creation of a stronger, cleaner, fairer world economy tomorrow.

Country Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies

11-Nov-2010

This series of country-specific reviews of labour makret and social policies examines policies and institutions and makes recommendations for improvements.

OECD books on Social/Migration/Health issues

11-Nov-2010

List of all books on Social/Migration/Health issues available on OECD ilibrary

Tackling Inequalities in Brazil, China, India and South Africa : The Role of Labour Market and Social Policies

25-Oct-2010

Greater integration into the world economy and important policy reforms have resulted in Brazil, China, India and South Africa becoming major actors in the globalisation process, with impressive results ...

Going for Growth 2010 Chapter 1: Responding to the crisis while protecting long-term growth

10-Mar-2009

OECD countries have taken a wide range of measures in response to the crisis, notably in the areas of infrastructure investment, taxes, the labour market, regulatory reforms and trade policy. This chapter assesses the expected effects of these measures on long-run income levels.